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Income Taxes tax (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Unremitted Earnings Payments | We have reduced our deferred tax asset for income tax credits by $10 million which is available to offset the one-time transition tax, resulting in an estimated cash tax liability of $26 million, which is to be remitted over the next eight years as follows:
| One-Time Transition Tax - Payments Due for Calendar Year Tax Returns
| 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2024
Unremitted Earnings Payments | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 7 |

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