Credit Card Receivables Transaction (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	May 03, 2014		May 04, 2013		Mar. 13, 2013 Nonrecourse	May 04, 2013 Nonrecourse	Mar. 13, 2013 Credit card receivables
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable
Gain on sale of receivables	$ 0		$ 391,000,000				$ 391,000,000
Consideration from sale of consumer credit card portfolio							5,700,000,000
Consideration in form of beneficial interest asset							225,000,000
Repayment of 2006/2007 Series Variable Funding Certificate at par					1,500,000,000	1,500,000,000
Net cash proceeds from sale of consumer credit card portfolio							4,200,000,000
Profit-sharing income recognized from credit card portfolio sale transaction	167,000,000		105,000,000
Reduction in the beneficial interest asset related to the profit sharing agreement	18,000,000	[1],[2]	17,000,000	[1],[2]
Profit-sharing income recognized, net of offsetting, with reduction in beneficial interest asset	148,000,000		88,000,000
Decrease in beneficial interest asset related to profit-sharing payments related to sold receivables	21,000,000		15,000,000
Net revaluation adjustment in the beneficial interest asset	(2,000,000)		2,000,000
Beneficial interest asset	$ 108,000,000		$ 208,000,000
Amortization period of beneficial interest asset	3 years

[1] The sum of segment SG&A expenses, reduction of beneficial interest asset, Data Breach related costs and card brand conversion costs equal consolidated SG&A expenses.

[2] Our U.S. Segment includes all TD profit-sharing amounts in segment EBIT; however, under GAAP, some amounts received from TD reduce the beneficial interest asset and are not recorded in consolidated earnings.