CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Aug. 31, 2023	Aug. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 728	$ 1,358
Marketable securities	11	1,114
Accounts receivable, net	5,381	5,017
Inventories	8,257	8,353
Other current assets	1,127	1,059
Total current assets	15,503	16,902
Non-current assets:
Property, plant and equipment, net	11,587	11,729
Operating lease right-of-use assets	21,667	21,259
Goodwill	28,187	22,280
Intangible assets, net	13,635	10,730
Equity method investments (see Note 6)	3,497	5,495
Other non-current assets	2,550	1,730
Total non-current assets	81,125	73,222
Total assets	96,628	90,124
Current liabilities:
Short-term debt	917	1,059
Trade accounts payable (see Note 19)	12,635	11,255
Operating lease obligations	2,347	2,286
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	8,426	7,899
Income taxes	209	84
Total current liabilities	24,535	22,583
Non-current liabilities:
Long-term debt	8,145	10,615
Operating lease obligations	22,124	21,517
Deferred income taxes	1,318	1,442
Accrued litigation obligations	6,261	551
Other non-current liabilities	5,757	3,009
Total non-current liabilities	43,605	37,134
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 11)
Total liabilities	68,140	59,717
Redeemable non-controlling interests	167	1,042
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, 2023 and August 31, 2022	12	12
Paid-in capital	10,661	10,950
Retained earnings	33,058	37,801
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(2,993)	(2,805)
Treasury stock, at cost; 308,839,832 shares at August 31, 2023 and 307,874,161 shares at August 31, 2022	(20,717)	(20,683)
Total Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. shareholders’ equity	20,020	25,275
Non-controlling interests	8,302	4,091
Total equity	28,322	29,366
Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interests and equity	$ 96,628	$ 90,124