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Supplemental Disclosures | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract] |
Supplemental Disclosures | Supplemental Disclosures The following schedule provides additional information concerning acquisitions, interest and income taxes paid:
(In millions of dollars) | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Assets acquired, excluding cash | $ | 929 |  |  | $ | 8,655 |  |  | $ | 1,100 |
Liabilities assumed | (78) |  |  | (2,804) |  |  | (83) |
Non-controlling interests assumed | — |  |  | (280) |  |  | — |
Contingent and deferred purchase consideration | (183) |  |  | (66) |  |  | (133) |
Net cash outflow for acquisitions | $ | 668 |  |  | $ | 5,505 |  |  | $ | 884 |
(In millions of dollars) | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Interest paid | $ | 481 |  |  | $ | 427 |  |  | $ | 264 |
Income taxes paid, net of refunds | $ | 673 |  |  | $ | 661 |  |  | $ | 632 |
The classification of contingent consideration payments in the consolidated statement of cash flows is dependent upon whether the payment was part of the initial liability established on the acquisition date (financing) or an adjustment to the acquisition date liability (operating). The following amounts are included in the consolidated statements of cash flows as a financing activity. The Company paid deferred and contingent consideration of $122 million in the year ended December 31, 2020, consisting of deferred purchase consideration of $68 million and contingent purchase consideration of $54 million. In the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company paid deferred and contingent consideration of $65 million, consisting of deferred purchase consideration of $43 million and contingent consideration of $22 million, and in the year ended December 31, 2018 the Company paid deferred and contingent consideration of $117 million, consisting of deferred purchase consideration of $62 million and contingent consideration of $55 million. The following amounts are included in the operating section of the consolidated statements of cash flows. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded a net charge for adjustments to acquisition related accounts of $26 million and contingent consideration payments of $48 million. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded a net charge for adjustments to acquisition related accounts of $68 million and contingent consideration payments of $41 million, and for the year ended December 31, 2018 the Company recorded a net charge for adjustments to acquisition related accounts of $32 million and contingent consideration payments of $36 million. The Company had non-cash issuances of common stock under its share-based payment plan of $219 million, $165 million and $130 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company recorded share-based compensation expense related to restricted stock units, performance stock units and stock options of $290 million, $252 million and $193 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the new accounting guidance related to leases, which requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities for its leases. Upon adoption of this accounting standard, the Company recorded a non-cash ROU asset of $1.7 billion and lease liability of $1.9 billion in the first quarter of 2019. Allowance for Credit Losses on Accounts Receivable On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted the new guidance on the impairment of financial instruments. The Company’s policy for providing an allowance for credit losses on its accounts receivable is a combination of factors, including historical write-offs, aging of balances, and other qualitative and quantitative analyses. An analysis of the allowance for credit losses for the year ended December 31, 2020 is provided below. Prior periods analysis is based on the Company's allowance for doubtful accounts model prior to adoption of the new accounting guidance discussed above:
For the Years Ended December 31,
(In millions of dollars) | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 140 |  |  | $ | 112 |  |  | $ | 110 |
Provision charged to operations | 47 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 34 |
Accounts written-off, net of recoveries | (30) |  |  | (16) |  |  | (24) |
Effect of exchange rate changes and other | (15) |  |  | 12 |  |  | (8) |
Balance at end of year | $ | 142 |  |  | $ | 140 |  |  | $ | 112 |

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