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| Network | 170 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (http://www.amazon.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxesAdditionalInformation) |
| Table | Income Taxes [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001018724 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Legal Entity [Axis] | Entity [Domain] |
| Income Taxes [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | ||||||||||||||
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2012-10-01 - 2012-12-31 | 2012-07-01 - 2012-09-30 | 2012-04-01 - 2012-06-30 | 2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31 | 2012-01-01 - 2012-03-31 | 2011-10-01 - 2011-12-31 | 2011-07-01 - 2011-09-30 | 2011-04-01 - 2011-06-30 | 2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31 | 2011-01-01 - 2011-03-31 | 2010-01-01 - 2010-12-31 | |||||
| Income Tax Authority [Axis] | Income Tax Authority [Axis] | Income Tax Authority [Axis] | Income Tax Authority [Axis] | Income Tax Authority [Axis] | Income Tax Authority [Axis] | Income Tax Authority [Axis] | Income Tax Authority [Axis] | Income Tax Authority [Axis] | Income Tax Authority [Axis] | Income Tax Authority [Axis] | |||||
| Income Tax Authority [Domain] | Income Tax Authority [Domain] | Income Tax Authority [Domain] | Internal Revenue Service I R S [Member] | Foreign Country [Member] | State And Local Jurisdiction [Member] | F R | Income Tax Authority [Domain] | Income Tax Authority [Domain] | Income Tax Authority [Domain] | Income Tax Authority [Domain] | Income Tax Authority [Domain] | Income Tax Authority [Domain] | Income Tax Authority [Domain] | Income Tax Authority [Domain] | |
Provision for income taxes | 86,000,000 1 | 67,000,000 1 | 49,000,000 1 | 428,000,000 | 89,000,000 1 | 194,000,000 1 | 83,000,000 1 | 109,000,000 1 | 291,000,000 | 43,000,000 1 | 352,000,000 | ||||
Cash taxes paid, net of refunds | 112,000,000 | 33,000,000 | 75,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Federal statutory rate | .350 | .350 | .350 | ||||||||||||
Net operating Loss Carryforwards | 89,000,000 | 1,100,000,000 | 606,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration date | Begin to expire in 2026 | Begin to expire in 2013 | |||||||||||||
Operating loss carryforwards, beginning expiration date | 2026 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
Tax credit carryforwards for income tax purposes | 158,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Tax credit carryforwards for income tax purposes, expiration date | Begin to expire in 2020 | ||||||||||||||
Tax credit carryforwards for income tax purposes, beginning expiration date | 2020 | ||||||||||||||
Accrued interest and penalties, net of federal income tax benefit, related to tax contingencies | 25,000,000 | 24,000,000 | |||||||||||||
Interest and penalties, net of federal income tax benefit | 1,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Tax examination, additional tax expense including interest and penalties | 250,000,000 | 1,500,000,000 | |||||||||||||
Description of the status of the tax examination | Certain of our subsidiaries are under examination or investigation or may be subject to examination or investigation by the French Tax Administration (FTA) for calendar year 2006 or thereafter. | We are under examination, or may be subject to examination, by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") for the calendar year 2005 or thereafter. | |||||||||||||