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Income taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income before income taxes | Income before income taxes is comprised of the following components:
| For Years Ended December 31, |  |  |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
U.S. | $ | 4,915 |  |  | $ | 5,672 |  |  | $ | 5,130 |
Non-U.S. | 813 |  |  | 1,014 |  |  | 950 |
Total | $ | 5,728 |  |  | $ | 6,686 |  |  | $ | 6,080 |
Provision for income taxes | Provision for income taxes is comprised of the following components:
| For Years Ended December 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2019 |  |  |  |  |  | 2018 |  |  |  |  |  | 2017 |  |  |  |
| Current |  | Deferred |  | Total |  | Current |  | Deferred |  | Total |  | Current |  | Deferred |  | Total
U.S. federal | $ | 483 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 508 |  |  | $ | 979 |  |  | $ | (98) |  |  | $ | 881 |  |  | $ | 2,101 |  |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 2,152 |
Non-U.S. | 135 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 191 |  |  | 225 |  |  | (8) |  |  | 217 |  |  | 173 |  |  | 61 |  |  | 234 |
U.S. state | 12 |  |  | — |  |  | 12 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 12 |  |  | — |  |  | 12 |
Total | $ | 630 |  |  | $ | 81 |  |  | $ | 711 |  |  | $ | 1,211 |  |  | $ | (105) |  |  | $ | 1,106 |  |  | $ | 2,286 |  |  | $ | 112 |  |  | $ | 2,398 |
Principal reconciliation items from U.S. statutory income tax rate to the effective tax rate | Principal reconciling items from the U.S. statutory income tax rate to the effective tax rate (provision for income taxes as a percentage of income before income taxes) are as follows:
| For Years Ended December 31, |  |  |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
U.S. statutory income tax rate | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
U.S. tax benefit for foreign derived intangible income | (4.9) |  |  | (5.3) |  |  | — |
U.S. excess tax benefit for stock compensation | (3.1) |  |  | (2.0) |  |  | (4.1) |
U.S. R&D tax credit | (1.4) |  |  | (1.3) |  |  | (1.1) |
Non-U.S. effective tax rates | 0.3 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | (2.5) |
U.S. Tax Act transitional non-cash expense | — |  |  | 4.2 |  |  | — |
U.S. Tax Act enactment-date effects and measurement period adjustments | — |  |  | (0.7) |  |  | 12.7 |
U.S. tax benefit for manufacturing | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1.6) |
Other | 0.5 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 1.0 |
Effective tax rate | 12.4 | % |  | 16.5 | % |  | 39.4 | %
Primary components of deferred tax assets and liabilities | The primary components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
| December 31, |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Deferred loss and tax credit carryforwards | $ | 213 |  |  | $ | 247 |
Accrued expenses | 113 |  |  | 129 |
Stock compensation | 109 |  |  | 122 |
Inventories and related reserves | 109 |  |  | 107 |
Retirement costs for defined benefit and retiree health care | 49 |  |  | 80 |
Total deferred tax assets, before valuation allowance | 593 |  |  | 685 |
Valuation allowance | (180) |  |  | (172) |
Total deferred tax assets, after valuation allowance | 413 |  |  | 513 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment | (95) |  |  | (10) |
Acquisition-related intangibles and fair-value adjustments | (82) |  |  | (142) |
International earnings | (62) |  |  | (43) |
Other | (55) |  |  | (65) |
Total deferred tax liabilities | (294) |  |  | (260) |
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 119 |  |  | $ | 253 |
Deferred tax assets and liabilities presentation on the Balance sheet | The deferred tax assets and liabilities based on tax jurisdictions are presented on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows:
| December 31, |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018
Deferred tax assets | $ | 197 |  |  | $ | 295 |
Deferred tax liabilities | (78) |  |  | (42) |
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 119 |  |  | $ | 253 |
Summary of uncertain tax positions | The changes in the total amounts of uncertain tax positions are as follows:
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Balance, January 1 | $ | 286 |  |  | $ | 300 |  |  | $ | 243 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 17 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 63 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 42 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (41) |  |  | — |  |  | (1) |
Settlements with tax authorities | (8) |  |  | (18) |  |  | (1) |
Balance, December 31 | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 286 |  |  | $ | 300 |
Interest income (expense) recognized in the year ended December 31 | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | (15) |  |  | $ | (19) |
Interest payable as of December 31 | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | 38 |

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