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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2020
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Tables [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following table provides changes in AOCI, net of tax, reported in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended May 31 (in millions; amounts in parentheses indicate debits to AOCI):
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Foreign currency translation loss: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | (954 | ) |  | $ | (759 | ) |  | $ | (685 | )
Translation adjustments |  |  | (254 | ) |  |  | (195 | ) |  |  | (74 | )
Reclassification to retained earnings due to the adoption of ASU 2018-02 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance at end of period |  |  | (1,207 | ) |  |  | (954 | ) |  |  | (759 | )
Retirement plans adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  |  | 89 |  |  |  | 181 |  |  |  | 270 |
Prior service cost (credit) arising during period |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4 | )
Reclassifications from AOCI |  |  | (82 | ) |  |  | (92 | ) |  |  | (85 | )
Reclassification to retained earnings due to the adoption of ASU 2018-02 |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance at end of period |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | 89 |  |  |  | 181 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss at end of period |  | $ | (1,147 | ) |  | $ | (865 | ) |  | $ | (578 | )
Reclassification Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following table presents details of the reclassifications from AOCI for the years ended May 31 (in millions; amounts in parentheses indicate debits to earnings):
|  | Amount Reclassified from AOCI |  |  | Affected Line Item in the Income Statement
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  |
Amortization of retirement plans prior service credits, before tax |  | $ | 107 |  |  | $ | 120 |  |  | $ | 121 |  |  | Other retirement plans (expense) income
Income tax benefit |  |  | (25 | ) |  |  | (28 | ) |  |  | (36 | ) |  | Provision for income taxes
AOCI reclassifications, net of tax |  | $ | 82 |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 85 |  |  | Net income

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