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Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2017
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accrued Liabilities |
| January 28, 2017 |  | January 30, 2016
| (millions)
Accounts payable | $ | 754 |  |  | $ | 814 |
Gift cards and customer rewards | 970 |  |  | 920 |
Deferred real estate gains | 340 |  |  | 104 |
Current portion of post employment and postretirement benefits | 208 |  |  | 257 |
Taxes other than income taxes | 166 |  |  | 184 |
Lease related liabilities | 174 |  |  | 165 |
Accrued wages and vacation | 215 |  |  | 153 |
Current portion of workers’ compensation and general liability reserves | 119 |  |  | 127 |
Severance and relocation | 166 |  |  | 123 |
Allowance for future sales returns | 96 |  |  | 112 |
Accrued interest | 74 |  |  | 88 |
Other | 281 |  |  | 286 |
| $ | 3,563 |  |  | $ | 3,333 |
Changes in Workers' Compensation and General Liability Reserve Including Current Portion | Changes in workers’ compensation and general liability reserves, including the current portion, are as follows:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (millions)
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 508 |  |  | $ | 505 |  |  | $ | 497 |
Charged to costs and expenses | 145 |  |  | 159 |  |  | 160 |
Payments, net of recoveries | (150 | ) |  | (156 | ) |  | (152 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 503 |  |  | $ | 508 |  |  | $ | 505 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the (a) carrying value as of the balance sheet date of liabilities incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business (accounts payable); (b) other payables; and (c) accrued liabilities. Examples include taxes, interest, rent and utilities. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). An alternative caption includes accrued expenses. + References No definition available. + Details
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