CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 516	$ 1,023
Accounts receivable, net	7,132	7,226
Inventories	9,451	9,333
Other current assets	974	1,118
Total current assets	18,073	18,700
Non-current assets:
Property, plant and equipment, net	13,342	13,478
Operating lease right-of-use asset	21,724	0
Goodwill	15,268	16,560
Intangible assets, net	10,753	10,876
Equity method investments (see note 5)	7,338	6,851
Other non-current assets	677	1,133
Total non-current assets	69,101	48,899
Total assets	87,174	67,598
Current liabilities:
Short-term debt	3,538	5,738
Trade accounts payable (see note 18)	14,458	14,341
Operating lease obligation	2,426	0
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	6,539	5,474
Income taxes	110	216
Total current liabilities	27,070	25,769
Non-current liabilities:
Long-term debt	12,203	11,098
Operating lease obligation	21,973	0
Deferred income taxes	1,498	1,785
Other non-current liabilities	3,294	4,795
Total non-current liabilities	38,968	17,678
Commitments and contingencies (see note 10)
Equity:
Preferred stock $.01 par value; authorized 32 million shares, none issued	0	0
Common stock $.01 par value; authorized 3.2 billion shares; issued 1,172,513,618 at August 31, 2020 and 2019	12	12
Paid-in capital	10,761	10,639
Retained earnings	34,210	35,815
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(3,771)	(3,897)
Treasury stock, at cost; 306,910,099 shares at August 31, 2020 and 277,126,116 shares at August 31, 2019	(20,575)	(19,057)
Total Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. shareholders’ equity	20,637	23,512
Noncontrolling interests	498	641
Total equity	21,136	24,152
Total liabilities and equity	$ 87,174	$ 67,598