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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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May 02, 2015 | May 03, 2014
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |  |
Pension and other benefit liabilities, taxes | $ 71 us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlansTaxPortionAttributableToParent | $ 4 us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlansTaxPortionAttributableToParent
Currency translation adjustment and cash flow hedges, taxes | $ 0 tgt_OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentAndDerivativesQualifyingAsHedgesTaxPortionAttributableToParent | $ 1 tgt_OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentAndDerivativesQualifyingAsHedgesTaxPortionAttributableToParent

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- Definition Tax effect of the adjustment that results from the process of translating subsidiary financial statements and foreign equity investments into functional currency of the reporting entity that is attributable to the parent entity and Total tax effect of the change in accumulated gains and losses from derivative instruments designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges that is attributable to the parent entity. The change includes an entity's share of an equity investee's increase (decrease) in deferred hedging gains or losses. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of tax (expense) benefit, after reclassification adjustments, of (increase) decrease in accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss related to pension and other postretirement defined benefit plans, attributable to parent entity. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7656940&loc=SL4569643-111683 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 19 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7656940&loc=SL4569616-111683 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1A -Subparagraph (c)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=18733093&loc=SL4573702-111684 + Details
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