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INCOME TAXES - Tax Reform (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |  |  | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Nov. 03, 2019 | Oct. 28, 2018 | Oct. 29, 2017
U.S. Tax Reform |  |  |  |  |
Federal corporate statutory tax rate (as a percent) | 21.00% | 35.00% | 21.00% | 23.30% | 35.00%
Net deferred tax asset remeasurement |  |  | $ 6 | $ 414 |
Deemed earnings repatriation tax |  |  | (74) | 290 |
Total discrete tax expense (benefit) |  |  | (68) | 704 |
Equipment Operations |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Tax Reform |  |  |  |  |
Net deferred tax asset remeasurement |  |  | 1 | 768 |
Deemed earnings repatriation tax |  |  | (66) | 277 |
Total discrete tax expense (benefit) |  |  | (65) | 1,045 |
Accrued foreign withholding taxes on earnings of subsidiaries outside the U.S. |  |  | 31 | 63 |
Financial Services |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Tax Reform |  |  |  |  |
Net deferred tax asset remeasurement |  |  | 5 | (354) |
Deemed earnings repatriation tax |  |  | (8) | 13 |
Total discrete tax expense (benefit) |  |  | $ (3) | $ (341) |

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