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Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of other liabilities | The following is a summary of Other liabilities as of December 31:
(Millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Membership Rewards liability |  | $ | 7,751 |  | $ | 7,060
Book overdraft balances |  |  | 2,837 |  |  | 2,255
Employee-related liabilities(a) |  |  | 2,277 |  |  | 2,055
Repatriation tax liability(b) |  |  | 1,703 |  |  | ―
Card Member rebate and reward accruals(c) |  |  | 1,564 |  |  | 1,382
Deferred card and other fees, net |  |  | 1,554 |  |  | 1,411
Other(d) |  |  | 4,462 |  |  | 4,614
Total |  | $ | 22,148 |  | $ | 18,777
Employee-related liabilities include employee benefit plan obligations and incentive compensation. Refer to Note 21 for additional information. Card Member rebate and reward accruals include payments to third-party reward partners and cash-back rewards. Other includes accruals for general operating expenses, client incentives, merchant rebates, payments to third-party ca rd-issuing partners, marketing and promotion, restructuring and reengineering reserves, QAH unfunded commitments and derivatives.
Carrying amount of deferred charge card and other fees | The carrying amount of deferred card and other fees, net of deferred direct acquisition costs and reserves for membership cancellations as of December 31, was as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Deferred card and other fees(a) |  | $ | 1,996 |  | $ | 1,767
Deferred direct acquisition costs |  |  | (280) |  |  | (204)
Reserves for membership cancellations |  |  | (162) |  |  | (152)
| Deferred card and other fees, net |  | $ | 1,554 |  | $ | 1,411
Includes deferred fees for Membership Rewards program participants.

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