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SEC Comment Letter for COSTCO WHOLESALE (COST) — May 31, 2016

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST) (CIK 0000909832)
Date: May 31, 2016 · CIK: 0000909832 · Accession: 0000000000-16-078709

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Date
May 31, 2016
Author
/s/ Jennifer Thompson
Form
UPLOAD
Company
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST) (CIK 0000909832)

Letter

Mail Stop 3561 May 31, 2016 Richard A. Galanti Chief Financial Officer Costco Wholesale Corporation 999 Lake Drive Issaquah, WA 98027

Re: Costco Wholesale Corporation Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended August 30, 2015 Filed October 14, 2015 File No. 0 -20355

Dear Mr. Galanti :

We have completed our review of your filing . We remind you that our comments or changes to disclosure in response to our comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the company or the filing and the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. We u rge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the information the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable rules require.

Sincerely,
/s/ Jennifer Thompson

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Mail Stop 3561

May 31, 2016

Richard A. Galanti
Chief Financial Officer
Costco Wholesale Corporation
999 Lake Drive
Issaquah, WA 98027

Re: Costco Wholesale Corporation
 Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended August 30, 2015
Filed October 14, 2015
File No. 0 -20355

Dear Mr. Galanti :

We have completed our review of your filing .  We remind you that our comments or
changes to disclosure in response to our comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking
any action with respect to the company or the filing and the company may not assert staff
comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.  We u rge all persons who are responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the
information the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable rules require.

Sincerely,

 /s/ Jennifer Thompson

Jennifer Thompson
Accounting Branch Chief
Office of Consumer Products