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DEFERRED INCOME TAXES (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax [Abstract]  
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities
Sources of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities
 
As at December 31, 2019

As at December 31, 2018

Deferred tax assets
 
 
Tax loss carry forwards

$511


$537

Alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) and other tax credits
28

37

Environmental rehabilitation
329

292

Post-retirement benefit obligations and other employee benefits
24

27

Accrued interest payable
—

1

Other working capital
75

32

Other
11

12

 

$978


$938

Deferred tax liabilities
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
(3,263
)
(1,412
)
Inventory
(545
)
(503
)
Accrued interest payable
(26
)
—

 

($2,856
)

($977
)
Classification:
 
 
Non-current assets

$235


$259

Non-current liabilities
(3,091
)
(1,236
)
 

($2,856
)

($977
)
Source of Changes in Deferred Tax Balances
For the years ended December 31
2019

2018

Temporary differences
 
 
Property, plant and equipment

($1,851
)

($15
)
Environmental rehabilitation
37

(302
)
Tax loss carry forwards
(27
)
(389
)
AMT credits
(10
)
—

Inventory
(42
)
5

Derivatives
—

(74
)
Other
14

(26
)
 

($1,879
)

($801
)
Intraperiod allocation to:
 
 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes

($1,073
)

($730
)
Allocation to PPA
(799
)
—

Sale of 50% interest in Kalgoorlie
12

—

Income tax payable
(16
)
(38
)
Equity
—

(24
)
Other comprehensive income
(3
)
(9
)
 

($1,879
)

($801
)
Income Tax Related Contingent Liabilities
 
2019

2018

At January 1

$306


$306

Net additions based on uncertain tax positions related to prior years
21

—

At December 311

$327


$306

1 
If reversed, the total amount of $327 million would be recognized as a benefit to income taxes on the income statement, and therefore would impact the reported effective tax rate.
Deferred Tax Assets Not Recognized
 
As at December 31, 2019

As at December 31, 2018

Argentina

$103


$174

Australia
15

154

Barbados
17

40

Canada
1,097

1,087

Chile
1,074

1,028

Côte d'Ivoire 
5

—

Dominican Republic
—

—

Mali
8

—

Peru
329

310

Saudi Arabia
70

70

Tanzania
156

156

United States
1

—

Zambia
—

24

 

$2,875


$3,043


2020
2021
2022
2023
2024+

No expiry date

Total

Non-capital tax losses1







Argentina

$—


$50


$—


$—


$—


$—


$50

Barbados
—

—

—

440

1,252

—

1,692

Canada
—

—

—

—

2,371

—

2,371

Chile
—

—

—

—

—

992

992

Tanzania
—

—

—

—

—

1,566

1,566

Zambia
12

259

—

—

—

—

271

Other
—

—

—

—

—

694

694



$12


$309


$—


$440


$3,623


$3,252


$7,636

1 
Represents the gross amount of tax loss carry forwards translated at closing exchange rates at December 31, 2019.
Tax years still under examination
Tax Years Still Under Examination

Argentina
2010-2011, 2013-2019
Australia
2015-2019
Canada
2015-2019
Chile
2015-2019
Côte d'Ivoire 
2018-2019
Democratic Republic of Congo
2019
Dominican Republic
2015-2019
Mali
2017-2019
Papua New Guinea
2006-2019
Peru
2013-2019
Saudi Arabia
2007-2019
Tanzania
2018-2019
United States
2019
Zambia
2018-2019