Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2016

Leases [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Lease and Operating Lease

Annual minimum rental commitments under all leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable term of more than one year are shown below (in millions):

	Financing Obligation		Capital Lease		Operating Lease
2017	$	18	$	68	$	3,066
2018		18		62		2,972
2019		18		59		2,826
2020		18		58		2,632
2021		18		57		2,403
Later		1,267		966		20,190
Total Minimum Lease Payments	$	1,357	$	1,270	$	34,089

Reserve for Facility Closings and Related Lease Termination Charges

The changes in reserve for facility closings and related lease termination charges include the following (in millions):

	2016			2015
Balance at beginning of period	$	446		$	257
Provision for present value of non-cancellable lease payments on closed facilities		134			231
Assumptions about future sublease income, terminations and changes in interest rates		(34	)		(6	)
Interest accretion		27			27
Liability assumed through acquisition of Alliance Boots		-			13
Cash payments, net of sublease income		(107	)		(76	)
Balance at end of period	$	466		$	446

Schedule of Rental Expense

Rental expense, which includes common area maintenance, insurance and taxes, where appropriate, was as follows (in millions):

	2016			2015			2014
Minimum rentals	$	3,355		$	3,176		$	2,687
Contingent rentals		60			38			5
Less: Sublease rental income		(49	)		(46	)		(22	)
	$	3,366		$	3,168		$	2,670