Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 02, 2019

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block]

The following table provides information about receivables and contract liabilities from our contracts with customers, which reflects the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of February 2, 2019, and February 4, 2018 ($ in millions):



	February 2, 2019		February 4, 2018
Receivables, net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $13 and $24, respectively	$	565	$	674
Short-term contract liabilities included in:
Unredeemed gift cards	290		316
Deferred revenue	446		408
Accrued liabilities	146		151
Long-term contract liabilities included in:
Long-term liabilities	11		22

We establish allowances for uncollectible receivables based on historical collection trends and write-off history. The following table summarizes our allowance for doubtful accounts activity related to contracts with customers for fiscal 2019 ($ in millions):



	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Balance at February 4, 2018	$	24
Charged to expenses or other accounts	35
Other⁽¹⁾	(46		)
Balance at February 2, 2019	$	13


(1)	Includes bad debt write-offs, recoveries and the effect of foreign currency fluctuations.

The following table summarizes significant changes in our contract liability balances for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2019 ($ in millions):



	Fiscal Year Ended
	February 2, 2019
Revenue recognized that was included in the contract liability balance(s) as of February 4, 2018	$	871
Revenue recognized from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods	—
Increase due to acquisition⁽¹⁾	16
Adjustments⁽²⁾	(1		)


(1)	Represents an increase in our contract liability balances due to our acquisition of GreatCall, primarily related to deferred revenue.


(2)	Includes changes in the measure of progress, changes in the estimate of the transaction price or contract modifications.

Revenue, Performance Obligation [Abstract]

Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Table Text Block]

The following table includes estimated revenue from our contract liability balances expected to be recognized in future periods if performance of the contract is expected to have a duration of more than one year ($ in millions):



Fiscal Year	Amount⁽¹⁾
2020	$	14
2021	7
2022	3
2023	1

(1)

We have elected to exclude unsatisfied performance obligations from contract liability balances with a duration of one year or less. The estimated transaction price revenue disclosed above also does not include amounts of variable consideration attributable to contracts where the consideration is constrained at February 2, 2019. Further information about our forms of variable consideration is disclosed below.