Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes Applied’s effective tax rates for the first quarters of fiscal 2016 and 2015 were 8.9 percent and 20.4 percent, respectively. The effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 was lower than in the same period in the prior year primarily due to changes in the geographical composition of income and changes related to income tax liabilities for prior years. The effective tax rates for the first quarters of fiscal 2016 and 2015 both included the benefit of the reinstatement of the U.S. federal research and development tax credit during these periods retroactive to its expiration in December of the prior years. During the next twelve months, it is reasonably possible that existing liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits could be reduced by up to $16 million as a result of the expiration of statutes of limitation.

Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Applied’s effective tax rates for the first quarters of fiscal 2016 and 2015 were 8.9 percent and 20.4 percent, respectively. The effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 was lower than in the same period in the prior year primarily due to changes in the geographical composition of income and changes related to income tax liabilities for prior years. The effective tax rates for the first quarters of fiscal 2016 and 2015 both included the benefit of the reinstatement of the U.S. federal research and development tax credit during these periods retroactive to its expiration in December of the prior years.

During the next twelve months, it is reasonably possible that existing liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits could be reduced by up to $16 million as a result of the expiration of statutes of limitation.