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Income Taxes Details Numeric (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 1 Months Ended | 11 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Nov. 30, 2018 | Nov. 30, 2018
US Federal statutory tax rate effective before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act | 35.00% |  |
US Federal statutory tax rate effective after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act |  | 21.00% |
U.S federal statutory rate |  |  | 22.20%
Provisional transition tax expense on deferred foreign earnings due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 |  | 15.50% | 15.50%
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 one-time transition tax other income |  | 8.00% | 8.00%
Tax charge due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act |  |  | $ 10
Transition tax expense on deferred foreign earnings due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act |  |  | 176
Transition tax expense of long term income taxes payable due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act |  |  | 504
Transition tax expense on other tax liabilities due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act |  |  | 19
Reduction in deferred tax liabilities due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act |  |  | 347
Reclassification of long term income taxes payable to short term income taxes payable due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act |  |  | $ 40

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