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Quarterly Financial Data (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 | [3] | Jun. 30, 2014 | [3] | Mar. 31, 2014 | [3] | Dec. 31, 2015 | Jul. 02, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
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After-tax equity method investment net earnings | $ (72) | [1] | $ 72 | [1] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 56 | [2] | $ 113 | [2] | $ 107 | [2]
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8,897 |  | 3,242 |  | 3,971 |
(Benefit) / provision for income taxes | $ 32 |  | $ 348 |  | $ 100 | $ 113 | $ 111 | [3] | $ 178 | $ 91 | $ (27) |  |  | $ 593 |  | 353 |  | 60 |
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After-tax equity method investment net earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lapse Of Statutes Of Limitations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Benefit) / provision for income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (43) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity Method Investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 56 |  |  | $ 113 |  | $ 107 |
[1] | Historically, we have recorded income from equity method investments within our operating income as these investments operated as extensions of our base business. Beginning in the third quarter of 2015, to align with the accounting for JDE earnings, we began to record the earnings from our equity method investments in after-tax equity method investment earnings outside of operating income. As the after-tax equity method investment net earnings for the six months ended December 31, 2015 was less than $1 million, this line item is not shown on our consolidated statement of earnings. Pre-tax earnings from equity method investments recorded within segment operating income were $56 million for the six months ended July 2, 2015. See Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Principles of Consolidation, for additional information.
[2] | Historically, we have recorded income from equity method investments within our operating income as these investments operated as extensions of our base business. Beginning in the third quarter of 2015, to align with the accounting for JDE earnings, we began to record the earnings from our equity method investments in after-tax equity method investment earnings outside of operating income. For the six months ended December 31, 2015, after-tax equity method investment net earnings were less than $1 million on a combined basis. Earnings from equity method investments recorded within segment operating income were $56 million for the six months ended July 2, 2015, $113 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 and $107 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. See Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Principles of Consolidation, for additional information.
[3] | In the fourth quarter of 2014, we recorded a tax benefit of $43 million associated with the lapse of a statute of limitations that related to the third quarter of 2014.

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