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Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jan. 23, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Effective Tax Rates

Our effective tax rates for the periods presented were as follows:

		Nine Months Ended
		January 23, 2015				January 24, 2014
Effective tax rates			22.5	%			14.3	%

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in millions):

		Nine Months Ended
		January 23, 2015				January 24, 2014
Balance at beginning of period		$	235.9			$	189.6
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year			19.1				20.9
Additions for tax positions of prior years			101.5				1.8
Decreases for tax positions of prior years			(23.5	)			(4.5	)
Settlements			(57.6	)			-
Balance at end of period		$	275.4			$	207.8

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Tabular disclosure of the percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Tabular disclosure of the change in unrecognized tax benefits.

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