Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Sep. 03, 2015

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses



As of	2015		2014
Accounts payable	$	1,020	$	996
Property, plant and equipment payables	577		289
Related party payables	338		673
Salaries, wages and benefits	321		456
Income and other taxes	85		71
Customer advances	15		98
Other	255		281
	$	2,611	$	2,864

As of September 3, 2015 and August 28, 2014, related party payables included $327 million and $660 million, respectively, due to Inotera primarily for the purchase of DRAM products. As of September 3, 2015 and August 28, 2014, related party payables also included $11 million and $13 million, respectively, due to Tera Probe for probe services performed. (See "Equity Method Investments" note.)

As of August 28, 2014, customer advances included $90 million, and other noncurrent liabilities also included $90 million, for amounts received from a customer in 2014 under a DRAM supply agreement, all of which was applied to purchases during 2015.