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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Estimated annual effective tax rate |  |  |  | 25.40% | 22.00%
Effective tax rate | (92.50%) |  | 46.30% | (8.80%) | 31.90%
Effective tax rate, excluding effect of Swiss tax reform | 20.00% |  |  | 20.90% |
Net tax discrete items (benefit) expense | $ (39) |  | $ (19) | $ (110) | $ 22
Net benefit from the release of uncertain tax positions due to the expirations of statutes of limitations and audit settlements | 17 |  | 26 | 101 | 70
Pre-tax gain (loss) on equity method investment transaction | 0 | $ (12) | 757 | (2) | 757
Additional transition tax liability recognized as an adjustment to prior provisional estimate |  |  |  |  | $ 89
KDP |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax expense related to gain on equity method investment transaction |  |  | 184 |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on equity method investment transaction |  |  | $ 757 |  |
Effective tax rate, excluding effects of gain on equity method investment transaction |  |  | 18.60% |  | 23.00%
Non-U.S. Jurisdictions |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Net benefit related to release of valuation allowance | 12 |  |  |  |
Non-U.S. Jurisdictions | Swiss Tax Administration |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Net benefit from impact of Swiss tax reform | 767 |  |  |  |
Reduction of deferred tax expense from impact of Swiss tax reform | 769 |  |  | $ 769 |
Indirect tax on selling, general and administrative expenses from impact of Swiss tax reform | $ 2 |  |  |  |

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