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Income taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of income before income tax, domestic and foreign
Income before income taxes included the following (in millions):
 
Years ended December 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Domestic
$
4,856

 
$
4,436

 
$
4,478

Foreign
4,689

 
5,161

 
4,685

Total income before income taxes
$
9,545

 
$
9,597

 
$
9,163

Provision for income taxes
The provision for income taxes included the following (in millions):
 
Years ended December 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Current provision:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
1,270

 
$
8,615

 
$
984

State
17

 
5

 
65

Foreign
227

 
275

 
176

Total current provision
1,514

 
8,895

 
1,225

Deferred (benefit) provision:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
(317
)
 
(1,120
)
 
372

State
(7
)
 

 
(69
)
Foreign
(39
)
 
(157
)
 
(87
)
Total deferred (benefit) provision
(363
)
 
(1,277
)
 
216

Total provision for income taxes
$
1,151

 
$
7,618

 
$
1,441

Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities
Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows (in millions):
 
December 31,
 
2018
 
2017
Deferred income tax assets:
 
 
 
NOL and credit carryforwards
$
810

 
$
812

Accrued expenses
428

 
362

Expenses capitalized for tax
185

 
155

Stock-based compensation
95

 
99

Other
174

 
154

Total deferred income tax assets
1,692

 
1,582

Valuation allowance
(509
)
 
(497
)
Net deferred income tax assets
1,183

 
1,085

 
 
 
 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Acquired intangible assets
(1,509
)
 
(1,748
)
Debt
(184
)
 
(184
)
Other
(267
)
 
(240
)
Total deferred income tax liabilities
(1,960
)
 
(2,172
)
Total deferred income taxes, net
$
(777
)
 
$
(1,087
)

Reconciliation of total gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits (excluding interest, penalties, foreign tax credits and the federal tax benefit of state taxes related to unrecognized tax benefits)
The reconciliations of the total gross amounts of UTBs (excluding interest, penalties, foreign tax credits and the federal tax benefit of state taxes related to UTBs) were as follows (in millions):
 
Years ended December 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Beginning balance
$
2,953

 
$
2,543

 
$
2,114

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
173

 
447

 
425

Additions based on tax positions related to prior years
13

 
1

 
18

Reductions for tax positions of prior years
(17
)
 
(5
)
 
(7
)
Reductions for expiration of statute of limitations

 
(5
)
 

Settlements
(61
)
 
(28
)
 
(7
)
Ending balance
$
3,061

 
$
2,953

 
$
2,543

Reconciliation between the federal statutory tax rate and effective tax rate
The reconciliations between the federal statutory tax rate applied to income before income taxes and our effective tax rate were as follows:
 
Years ended December 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Federal statutory tax rate
21.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
2017 Tax Act, net repatriation tax
 %
 
70.7
 %
 
 %
Foreign earnings
(4.3
)%
 
(15.8
)%
 
(15.5
)%
2017 Tax Act, net deferred tax remeasurement
 %
 
(6.9
)%
 
 %
Credits, Puerto Rico Excise Tax
(2.5
)%
 
(2.2
)%
 
(2.3
)%
2017 Tax Act, net impact on intercompany sales
(1.8
)%
 
 %
 
 %
Interest on uncertain tax positions
1.2
 %
 
0.6
 %
 
0.5
 %
Credits, primarily federal R&D
(0.8
)%
 
(0.6
)%
 
(0.7
)%
Share-based payments
(0.2
)%
 
(0.7
)%
 
(1.3
)%
Other, net
(0.5
)%
 
(0.7
)%
 
 %
Effective tax rate
12.1
 %
 
79.4
 %
 
15.7
 %