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Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2020
Supplemental Cash Flow Tables [Abstract] |
Supplemental Cash Flow | Cash paid for interest expense and income taxes for the years ended May 31 was as follows (in millions):
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Cash payments for: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest (net of capitalized interest) |  | $ | 639 |  |  | $ | 617 |  |  | $ | 524 |
Income taxes |  | $ | 389 |  |  | $ | 407 |  |  | $ | 760 |
Income tax refunds received |  |  | (353 | ) |  |  | (36 | ) |  |  | (571 | )
Cash tax payments, net |  | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 371 |  |  | $ | 189 |

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