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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Billions | 1 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Jul. 01, 2018 | Jul. 02, 2017
Income Tax (Textuals) |  |  |
Worldwide effective income tax rate (as a percent) |  | 20.40% | 20.10%
Provisional tax cost | $ 13.0 |  |
Effective income tax rate adjustment business combination (as a percent) |  |  | 2.10%
Excess tax benefit from share based compensation |  | 1.30% | 2.70%
Estimated tax impact, foreign taxes (as a percent) |  | 2.50% |
Increase to the transition tax on undistributed foreign earnings |  | $ 0.2 |
Deferred tax liability foreign earnings |  | 0.3 |
Deferred tax assets offset |  | 0.1 |
Unrecognized tax benefits |  | $ 3.2 |
Foreign Tax Authority |  |  |
Income Tax (Textuals) |  |  |
Change in enacted rate (as a percent) |  | 2.10% |
Domestic Tax Authority |  |  |
Income Tax (Textuals) |  |  |
Change in enacted rate (as a percent) |  | 0.50% |

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