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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Before Income Taxes and Provision for Income Taxes | Earnings before income taxes and provision for income taxes consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013:
(in millions) | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Earnings before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 8,078 |  |  | $ | 7,763 |  |  | $ | 6,929 |
Outside United States | — |  |  | 11 |  |  | 13 |
Total | $ | 8,078 |  |  | $ | 7,774 |  |  | $ | 6,942 |
Provision for income taxes: |  |  |  |  |
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 2,516 |  |  | $ | 2,350 |  |  | $ | 2,066 |
State and local | 451 |  |  | 480 |  |  | 423 |
Outside United States | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 4 |
| 2,967 |  |  | 2,833 |  |  | 2,493 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | (140 | ) |  | (124 | ) |  | (77 | )
State and local | 8 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | (9 | )
| (132 | ) |  | (129 | ) |  | (86 | )
Total provision for income taxes | $ | 2,835 |  |  | $ | 2,704 |  |  | $ | 2,407 |
Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was as follows:
(in millions) | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 258 |  |  | $ | 227 |  |  | $ | 262 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 15 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 15 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 57 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 35 |
Reductions for tax positions due to lapse of statutes of limitations | (4 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | )
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (86 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Settlements | (82 | ) |  | (11 | ) |  | (84 | )
Balance at end of year | $ | 158 |  |  | $ | 258 |  |  | $ | 227 |
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits and Consolidated Liability for Tax Contingencies | Unrecognized tax benefits and Altria Group, Inc.’s consolidated liability for tax contingencies at December 31, 2015 and 2014, were as follows:
(in millions) | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Unrecognized tax benefits — Altria Group, Inc. | $ | 158 |  |  | $ | 228 |
Unrecognized tax benefits — PMI | — |  |  | 30 |
Unrecognized tax benefits | 158 |  |  | 258 |
Accrued interest and penalties | 14 |  |  | 57 |
Tax credits and other indirect benefits | (3 | ) |  | (17 | )
Liability for tax contingencies | $ | 169 |  |  | $ | 298 |
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate and U.S. Federal Statutory Rate | The effective income tax rate on pre-tax earnings differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate for the following reasons for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013:
| 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
U.S. federal statutory rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Increase (decrease) resulting from: |  |  |  |  |
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit | 3.7 |  |  | 4.0 |  |  | 3.8 |
Uncertain tax positions | (0.8 | ) |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.7 |
SABMiller dividend benefit | (0.5 | ) |  | (2.3 | ) |  | (2.0 | )
Domestic manufacturing deduction | (2.0 | ) |  | (2.4 | ) |  | (2.7 | )
Other | (0.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (0.1 | )
Effective tax rate | 35.1 | % |  | 34.8 | % |  | 34.7 | %
Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities | The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following at December 31, 2015 and 2014:
(in millions) | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Deferred income tax assets: |  |  |
Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits | $ | 953 |  |  | $ | 1,054 |
Settlement charges | 1,393 |  |  | 1,379 |
Accrued pension costs | 512 |  |  | 410 |
Net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards | 335 |  |  | 357 |
Total deferred income tax assets | 3,193 |  |  | 3,200 |
Deferred income tax liabilities: |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment | (441 | ) |  | (468 | )
Intangible assets | (3,968 | ) |  | (3,915 | )
Investment in SABMiller | (1,794 | ) |  | (2,039 | )
Finance assets, net | (909 | ) |  | (1,123 | )
Other | (116 | ) |  | (190 | )
Total deferred income tax liabilities | (7,228 | ) |  | (7,735 | )
Valuation allowances | (260 | ) |  | (211 | )
Net deferred income tax liabilities | $ | (4,295 | ) |  | $ | (4,746 | )

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