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Stockholders' Equity
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity
Stockholders' Equity
The changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI") attributable to Kimberly-Clark, net of tax, are as follows:
 
 
Unrealized Translation
 
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
 
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
 
Cash Flow Hedges and Other
Balance as of December 31, 2015
 
$
(2,252
)
 
$
(1,013
)
 
$
(3
)
 
$
(10
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
 
(99
)
 
(115
)
 
(27
)
 
33

(Income) loss reclassified from AOCI
 
—

 
31

(a)
(1
)
(a)
(18
)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)
 
(99
)
 
(84
)
 
(28
)
 
15

Balance as of December 31, 2016
 
(2,351
)
 
(1,097
)
 
(31
)
 
5

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
 
487

 
85

 
(7
)
 
(56
)
(Income) loss reclassified from AOCI
 
—

 
36

(a)
(1
)
(a)
11

Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)
 
487

 
121

 
(8
)
 
(45
)
Balance as of December 31, 2017
 
$
(1,864
)
 
$
(976
)
 
$
(39
)
 
$
(40
)

(a)
Included in computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs (see Note 6).
Included in the defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans balances as of December 31, 2017 is $1,050 and $35 of unrecognized net actuarial loss and unrecognized net prior service credit, respectively, of which $50 and $10 pre-tax, respectively, are expected to be recognized as a component of net periodic benefit cost in 2018.
The changes in the components of AOCI attributable to Kimberly-Clark, including the tax effect, are as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Unrealized translation
$
398

 
$
(88
)
 
$
(882
)
Tax effect
89

 
(11
)
 
(23
)
 
487

 
(99
)
 
(905
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Defined benefit pension plans
 
 
 
 
 
Unrecognized net actuarial loss and transition amount
 
 
 
 
 
Funded status recognition
159

 
(230
)
 
(4
)
Amortization included in net periodic benefit cost
63

 
52

 
75

2015 U.S. plan settlements (recorded in Other (income) and expense, net)
—

 
—

 
1,355

Currency and other
(66
)
 
81

 
42

 
156

 
(97
)
 
1,468

Unrecognized prior service cost/credit
 
 
 
 
 
Funded status recognition
2

 
(1
)
 
4

Amortization included in net periodic benefit cost
(8
)
 
(8
)
 
(12
)
Currency and other
3

 
(6
)
 
(2
)
 
(3
)
 
(15
)
 
(10
)
Tax effect
(32
)
 
28

 
(547
)
 
121

 
(84
)
 
911

Other postretirement benefit plans
 
 
 
 
 
Unrecognized net actuarial loss and transition amount and other
(11
)
 
(45
)
 
55

Tax effect
3

 
17

 
(21
)
 
(8
)
 
(28
)
 
34

Cash flow hedges and other
 
 
 
 
 
Recognition of effective portion of hedges
(76
)
 
44

 
66

Amortization included in net income
18

 
(20
)
 
(53
)
Currency and other
(2
)
 
(4
)
 
(7
)
Tax effect
15

 
(5
)
 
(1
)
 
(45
)
 
15

 
5

 
 
 
 
 
 
Other
—

 
—

 
(11
)
Change in AOCI
$
555

 
$
(196
)
 
$
34


Amounts are reclassified from AOCI into cost of products sold, marketing, research and general expenses, interest expense or other (income) and expense, net, as applicable, in the consolidated income statement.
Net unrealized currency gains or losses resulting from the translation of assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries, except those in highly inflationary economies, are recorded in AOCI. For these operations, changes in exchange rates generally do not affect cash flows; therefore, unrealized translation adjustments are recorded in AOCI rather than net income. Upon sale or substantially complete liquidation of any of these subsidiaries, the applicable unrealized translation adjustment would be removed from AOCI and reported as part of the gain or loss on the sale or liquidation. The change in unrealized translation in 2017 is primarily due to the strengthening of most foreign currencies versus the U.S. dollar, including the euro, South Korean won, British pound sterling, and Australian dollar. Also included in unrealized translation amounts are the effects of foreign exchange rate changes on intercompany balances of a long-term investment nature and transactions designated as hedges of net foreign investments.
During 2015, we acquired the remaining 49.9 percent interest in our subsidiary in Israel, Hogla-Kimberly, Ltd., for $151. As our subsidiary in Turkey was wholly-owned by our subsidiary in Israel, through this acquisition we also effectively acquired the remaining 49.9 percent interest in our subsidiary in Turkey, Kimberly-Clark Tuketim Mallari Sanayi ve Ticaret A.s.