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Credit Card Receivables Transaction (Details) (USD $) | 11 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Feb. 01, 2014 | Feb. 01, 2014 | Feb. 02, 2013 | Jan. 28, 2012 | Mar. 13, 2013 Credit card receivables | Mar. 13, 2013 Credit card receivables Nonrecourse
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable |  |  |  |  |  |
Gains (losses) on sales of credit card portfolio |  |  |  |  | $ 391,000,000 |
Consideration from sale of consumer credit card portfolio |  |  |  |  | 5,700,000,000 |
Transfers of financial assets accounted for as sale, initial fair value of assets obtained as proceeds |  |  |  |  | 225,000,000 |
Repayment of 2006/2007 Series Variable Funding Certificate at par |  | 0 | 1,500,000,000 | 0 |  | 1,500,000,000
Net cash proceeds from sale of consumer credit card portfolio |  |  |  |  | 4,200,000,000 |
Income from profit sharing arrangement associated with credit card portfolio sale | 653,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Reduction of beneficial interest asset | 98,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Income from profit sharing arrangement associated with credit card portfolio sale net of offsetting | 555,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Increase decrease in beneficial interest asset related to profit sharing payments related to sold receivables | 96,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Beneficial interest asset revaluation adjustment amount | 2,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Retained interest, fair value disclosure | 127,000,000 | 127,000,000 |  |  |  |
Beneficial interest asset, useful life | 3 years | 3 years |  |  |  |
Sales revenue on target credit cards |  |  | $ 5,807,000,000 | $ 4,686,000,000 |  |

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