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Income Taxes | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Taxes | INCOME TAXES The worldwide effective income tax rates for the fiscal first quarters of 2019 and 2018 were 15.2% and 20.3%, respectively. The U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was enacted into law on December 22, 2017 with a January 1, 2018 effective date for most provisions. This law reduced the U.S. statutory corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, eliminated or reduced certain corporate income tax deductions and introduced a tax on global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) and a Base Erosion and Anti Abuse Tax (BEAT). During the first fiscal quarter of 2018, the Company estimated the impact of the tax law change based on the best information and guidance available at that time. Subsequent U.S. Treasury guidance on the application of these provisions allowed the Company to better refine these calculations for fiscal year 2018 and when combined with the election to account for GILTI under the deferred method reduced the first fiscal quarter of 2019 effective income tax rate by approximately 4.0% versus the first fiscal quarter of 2018. Additionally, in the fiscal first quarter of 2019, the Company had less income in higher tax jurisdictions relative to lower tax jurisdictions, driven primarily by the one-time charges in the U.S. related to the impairment of the Alios in-process research and development intangible asset and litigation expense as compared to the same period in 2018. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had approximately $3.4 billion of liabilities from unrecognized tax benefits. The Company believes it is possible that audits may be completed by tax authorities in some jurisdictions over the next twelve months. The Company is not able to provide a reasonably reliable estimate of the timing of any future tax payments relating to uncertain tax positions. With respect to the United States, the IRS has completed its audit for the tax years through 2009 and is currently auditing the tax years 2010 through 2012. The Company currently expects substantial completion of this audit within the next 12 months. The outcome from this tax audit may result in adjustments to the Company’s current estimates that may have a material impact on the Company’s current and future operating results or cash flows in the period that the audit is substantially completed.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680 + Details
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