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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Geographical Sources of (Loss) Income Before Income Taxes | The geographical sources of income (loss) before income taxes were as follows (in millions):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
United States | $ | (152 | ) |  | $ | (120 | ) |  | $ | (288 | )
Outside United States | 240 |  |  | (9 | ) |  | 108 |
Total | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | (129 | ) |  | $ | (180 | )
Components of Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes | Income tax expense (benefit) consisted of the following (in millions):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 84 |
State | 8 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 4 |
Foreign | 62 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 32 |
Total current | 80 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 120 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | 20 |  |  | (31 | ) |  | (117 | )
State | (10 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (24 | )
Foreign | (19 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (1 | )
Total deferred | (9 | ) |  | (43 | ) |  | (142 | )
Total expense (benefit) | $ | 71 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | (22 | )
Reconciliation of Provision for Income Taxes | A reconciliation between the Provision computed at the statutory rate and the Provision for income taxes is provided below:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Provision computed at statutory rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
U.S. Tax Reform - One-time transaction tax | 41.8 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 0.0 |
Remeasurement of Deferred Taxes | (56.0 | ) |  | 0.0 |  |  | 0.0 |
Change in valuation allowance | 96.4 |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  | (8.3 | )
US impact of Enterprise acquisition | 12.9 |  |  | (14.1 | ) |  | (26.7 | )
Change in contingent income tax reserves | 14.0 |  |  | (1.6 | ) |  | (3.3 | )
Foreign earnings subject to U.S. taxation | 2.0 |  |  | (6.6 | ) |  | (3.9 | )
Foreign rate differential | (29.1 | ) |  | (16.0 | ) |  | 13.9 |
Intra-entity transactions | (18.8 | ) |  | 0.0 |  |  | 0.0 |
State income tax, net of federal tax benefit | (5.3 | ) |  | (1.0 | ) |  | 1.1 |
Tax credits | (5.7 | ) |  | 9.5 |  |  | 6.1 |
Equity compensation deductions | (5.6 | ) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | 0.0 |
Return to provision and other true ups | (3.2 | ) |  | (3.7 | ) |  | 0.0 |
Other | 2.3 |  |  | (6.3 | ) |  | (1.7 | )
Provision for income taxes | 80.7 | % |  | (6.2 | )% |  | 12.2 | %
Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Tax effects of temporary differences that resulted in deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in millions):
| December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Capitalized research expenditures | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 58 |
Deferred revenue | 21 |  |  | 57 |
Tax credits | 31 |  |  | 33 |
Net operating loss carryforwards | 338 |  |  | 35 |
Other accruals | 20 |  |  | 31 |
Inventory items | 20 |  |  | 27 |
Capitalized software costs | 14 |  |  | 25 |
Sales return/rebate reserve | 33 |  |  | 27 |
Share-based compensation expense | 12 |  |  | 15 |
Accrued bonus | 1 |  |  | 11 |
Unrealized gains and losses on securities and investments | 8 |  |  | 4 |
Valuation allowance | (134 | ) |  | (47 | )
Total deferred tax assets | 396 |  |  | 276 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization | 275 |  |  | 165 |
Undistributed earnings | 2 |  |  | 1 |
Total deferred tax liabilities | $ | 277 |  |  | $ | 166 |
Net deferred tax assets | $ | 119 |  |  | $ | 110 |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in millions):
| Year ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 40 |
Additions for tax positions related to the current year | — |  |  | 2 |
Additions for tax positions related to prior years | 11 |  |  | 2 |
Reductions for tax positions related to prior years | (1 | ) |  | (2 | )
Settlements for tax positions | (1 | ) |  | — |
Balance at end of year | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 42 |

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