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Income taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income before income taxes | Income before income taxes is comprised of the following components:
| For Years Ended December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
U.S. | $ | 5,210 |  |  | $ | 4,915 |  |  | $ | 5,672 |
Non-U.S. | 807 |  |  | 813 |  |  | 1,014 |
Total | $ | 6,017 |  |  | $ | 5,728 |  |  | $ | 6,686 |
Provision for income taxes | Provision for income taxes is comprised of the following components:
| For Years Ended December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
| Current |  | Deferred |  | Total |  | Current |  | Deferred |  | Total |  | Current |  | Deferred |  | Total
U.S. federal | $ | 357 |  |  | $ | (122) |  |  | $ | 235 |  |  | $ | 483 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 508 |  |  | $ | 979 |  |  | $ | (98) |  |  | $ | 881 |
Non-U.S. | 192 |  |  | (15) |  |  | 177 |  |  | 135 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 191 |  |  | 225 |  |  | (8) |  |  | 217 |
U.S. state | 10 |  |  | — |  |  | 10 |  |  | 12 |  |  | — |  |  | 12 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 8 |
Total | $ | 559 |  |  | $ | (137) |  |  | $ | 422 |  |  | $ | 630 |  |  | $ | 81 |  |  | $ | 711 |  |  | $ | 1,211 |  |  | $ | (105) |  |  | $ | 1,106 |
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,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
U.S. statutory income tax rate | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | %
U.S. tax benefit for foreign derived intangible income | (6.1) |  |  | (4.9) |  |  | (5.3) |
Impact of changes in uncertain tax positions | (4.0) |  |  | (0.1) |  |  | — |
U.S. excess tax benefit for stock compensation | (2.5) |  |  | (3.1) |  |  | (2.0) |
U.S. R&D tax credit | (1.3) |  |  | (1.4) |  |  | (1.3) |
U.S. Tax Act transitional non-cash expense | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4.2 |
Other | (0.1) |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | (0.1) |
Effective tax rate | 7.0 | % |  | 12.4 | % |  | 16.5 | %
Primary components of deferred tax assets and liabilities | The primary components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
| December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Deferred loss and tax credit carryforwards | $ | 207 |  |  | $ | 213 |
Accrued expenses | 180 |  |  | 182 |
Stock compensation | 106 |  |  | 109 |
Inventories and related reserves | 105 |  |  | 109 |
Retirement costs for defined benefit and retiree health care | 44 |  |  | 49 |
Other | 3 |  |  | — |
Total deferred tax assets, before valuation allowance | 645 |  |  | 662 |
Valuation allowance | (179) |  |  | (180) |
Total deferred tax assets, after valuation allowance | 466 |  |  | 482 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment | (116) |  |  | (164) |
International earnings | (44) |  |  | (62) |
Acquisition-related intangibles and fair-value adjustments | (40) |  |  | (82) |
Other | (13) |  |  | (55) |
Total deferred tax liabilities | (213) |  |  | (363) |
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 253 |  |  | $ | 119 |
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,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Deferred tax assets | $ | 343 |  |  | $ | 197 |
Deferred tax liabilities | (90) |  |  | (78) |
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 253 |  |  | $ | 119 |
Summary of uncertain tax positions | The changes in the total amounts of uncertain tax positions are as follows:
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Balance, January 1 | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 286 |  |  | $ | 300 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 35 |  |  | 63 |  |  | 1 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (249) |  |  | (41) |  |  | — |
Settlements with tax authorities | — |  |  | (8) |  |  | (18) |
Expiration of the statute of limitations for assessing taxes | (3) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance, December 31 | $ | 89 |  |  | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 286 |
Interest income (expense) recognized in the year ended December 31 | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | (15) |
Interest payable as of December 31 | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 49 |

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