Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Jan. 26, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes Applied’s effective tax rates for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 and 2013 were 19.7 percent and (88.9) percent, respectively. The effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 was higher than in the same period in the prior year primarily due to an $11 million benefit in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 related to the resolution of income tax filings for Varian, a $10 million benefit in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 related to reinstatement of the U.S. federal research and development (R&D) tax credit retroactive to January 1, 2012, expiration of the U.S. federal R&D tax credit during the first quarter of fiscal 2014 and changes in the geographical composition of income. During the next twelve months, it is reasonably possible that existing liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits could be reduced by up to $127 million as a result of agreements with taxing authorities and the expiration of statutes of limitation. Applied expects that such reductions will not have a material impact on its annual effective tax rate.

Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Jan. 26, 2014

Applied’s effective tax rates for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 and 2013 were 19.7 percent and (88.9) percent, respectively.

The effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 was higher than in the same period in the prior year primarily due to an $11 million benefit in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 related to the resolution of income tax filings for Varian, a $10 million benefit in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 related to reinstatement of the U.S. federal research and development (R&D) tax credit retroactive to January 1, 2012, expiration of the U.S. federal R&D tax credit during the first quarter of fiscal 2014 and changes in the geographical composition of income.

During the next twelve months, it is reasonably possible that existing liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits could be reduced by up to $127 million as a result of agreements with taxing authorities and the expiration of statutes of limitation. Applied expects that such reductions will not have a material impact on its annual effective tax rate.