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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Provisional discrete net tax expense (benefit) | $ 8 |  | $ 95 |
Increase (decrease) in liability for transition tax due to U.S. tax reform | 3 |  | $ 89 | $ 0
Tax expense for other provisional tax updates | $ 5 |  |  |
Estimated effective tax rate |  | 25.80% | 22.00% |
Effective tax rate | 46.30% | 23.40% | 31.90% | 21.30%
Pre-tax gain on equity method investment transaction | $ 757 | $ 0 | $ 757 | $ 0
Net tax discrete items (benefit) expense | (19) |  | 22 |
Gains on business transactions and divestitures | 0 | 187 | 0 | 184
Net favorable tax benefit from audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations | 26 |  | $ 70 | 74
Benefit relating to the U.S. domestic production activities deduction |  |  |  | $ 16
Keurig | Keurig with Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Deferred tax expense related to gain on equity method investment transaction | 184 |  |  |
Pre-tax gain on equity method investment transaction | $ 757 |  |  |
Effective tax rate, excluding the effects of gain on equity method investment transaction | 18.60% |  | 23.00% |
Australian Grocery Business |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net tax expense from divestitures |  | 27 |  |
Gains on business transactions and divestitures |  | $ 187 |  |

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