Accounts Receivable Sale Program (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022	Oct. 01, 2022
Accounts Receivable Sale Program
Face value of receivable sold, percentage	100.00%
Accounts receivable sold during the period	$ 796	$ 93
RPA
Accounts Receivable Sale Program
Accounts receivable sold and outstanding	149		$ 194
Amount collected but not remitted to financial institutions	$ 65		$ 49

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Amount of receivables collected by a servicer on behalf of a financial institution, for which the proceeds collected had not yet been remitted to the financial institution

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Percentage of a trade receivables face value that has been sold

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Amount of derecognized financial assets from transactions which comprise an initial transfer and an agreement entered into in contemplation of the initial transfer resulting in retention of substantially all of the exposure to the economic return throughout the term of the transaction, at the date of derecognition.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4D
-Subparagraph (a)
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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