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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
Income before income taxes and equity in affiliated companies' net earnings | Geographic sources of (losses) income before income taxes and equity in affiliated companies’ net earnings for the years ended December 31 consist of the following:
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
United States | $ | (2,997 | ) |  | $ | 1,104 |  |  | $ | 1,539 |
Foreign | 2,573 |  |  | 3,809 |  |  | 3,948 |
Total | $ | (424 | ) |  | $ | 4,913 |  |  | $ | 5,487 |
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | FCX’s provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31 consists of the following:
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Current income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 281 |  |  | $ | 203 |  |  | $ | 238 |  |
State | 35 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 7 |  |
Foreign | 1,128 |  |  | 1,081 |  |  | 1,002 |  |
Total current | 1,444 |  |  | 1,293 |  |  | 1,247 |  |
Deferred income taxes (benefits): |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | (606 | ) |  | 234 |  |  | 87 |  |
State | (214 | ) |  | (35 | ) |  | 18 |  |
Foreign | 33 |  |  | 346 |  |  | 363 |  |
Total deferred | (787 | ) |  | 545 |  |  | 468 |  |
Adjustments | — |  |  | (199 | ) | a | (205 | ) | b,c
Federal operating loss carryforwards | (333 | ) | d | (164 | ) | d | — |  |
Provision for income taxes | $ | 324 |  |  | $ | 1,475 |  |  | $ | 1,510 |  |
a. | As a result of the oil and gas acquisitions, FCX recognized a net tax benefit of $199 million consisting of income tax benefits of $190 million associated with net reductions in FCX's valuation allowances, $69 million related to the release of the deferred tax liability on PXP's investment in MMR common stock and $16 million associated with the revaluation of state deferred tax liabilities, partially offset by income tax expense of $76 million associated with the write off of deferred tax assets related to environmental liabilities.
b. | In 2012, Cerro Verde signed a new 15-year mining stability agreement with the Peruvian government, which became effective January 1, 2014. In connection with the new mining stability agreement, Cerro Verde's income tax rate increased from 30 percent to 32 percent, and FCX recognized additional deferred tax expense of $29 million.
c. | Cerro Verde previously recorded deferred Peruvian income tax liabilities for income taxes that would become payable if the reinvested profits used to fund the initial Cerro Verde sulfide expansion were distributed prior to the expiration of Cerro Verde's 1998 stability agreement on December 31, 2013. Because reinvested profits at Cerro Verde were not expected to be distributed prior to December 31, 2013, a net deferred income tax liability of $234 million was reversed and recognized as an income tax benefit in 2012.
d. | Benefit from the use of federal operating loss carryforwards acquired as part of the oil and gas acquisitions.
Reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to effective income tax rate | A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to FCX’s effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31 follows:
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| Amount |  | Percent |  | Amount |  | Percent |  | Amount |  | Percent
U.S. federal statutory tax rate | $ | (149 | ) |  | 35 | % |  | $ | 1,720 |  |  | 35 | % |  | $ | 1,920 |  |  | 35 | %
Foreign tax credit limitation | 167 |  |  | (39 | ) |  | 117 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 110 |  |  | 2 |
Percentage depletion | (263 | ) | a | 62 |  |  | (223 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (263 | ) |  | (5 | )
Withholding and other impacts on |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
foreign earnings | 161 |  |  | (38 | ) |  | 306 |  |  | 7 |  |  | (17 | ) |  | — |
Effect of foreign rates different than the U.S. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
federal statutory rate | (135 | ) |  | 32 |  |  | (223 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (204 | ) |  | (4 | )
Valuation allowance on minimum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
tax credits | — |  |  | — |  |  | (190 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | — |
Goodwill impairment | 601 |  |  | (142 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Goodwill transferred to full cost pool | 77 |  |  | (18 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
State income taxes | (115 | ) |  | 27 |  |  | (43 | ) |  | — |  |  | 17 |  |  | — |
Other items, net | (20 | ) |  | 5 |  |  | 11 |  |  | — |  |  | (44 | ) |  | — |
Provision for income taxes | $ | 324 |  | b,c | (76 | )% |  | $ | 1,475 |  | d | 30 | % |  | $ | 1,510 |  | e | 28 | %
a. | Includes a net charge of $16 million related to a change in U.S. federal income tax law.
b. | Includes charges related to changes in Chilean and Peruvian tax rules of $54 million and $24 million, respectively.
c. | Includes a net charge of $221 million related to the sale of Candelaria/Ojos.
d. | Includes a net tax benefit of $199 million as a result of the oil and gas acquisitions.
e. | Includes the reversal of Cerro Verde's deferred income tax liability of $234 million.
Components of deferred tax assets and liabilities |  | The components of deferred taxes follow:
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Foreign tax credits | $ | 2,306 |  |  | $ | 2,144 |
Accrued expenses | 1,047 |  |  | 1,098 |
Minimum tax credits | 737 |  |  | 603 |
Net operating loss carryforwards | 590 |  |  | 925 |
Employee benefit plans | 422 |  |  | 443 |
Other | 734 |  |  | 557 |
Deferred tax assets | 5,836 |  |  | 5,770 |
Valuation allowances | (2,434 | ) |  | (2,487 | )
Net deferred tax assets | 3,402 |  |  | 3,283 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Property, plant, equipment and mining development costs | (5,331 | ) |  | (4,887 | )
Oil and gas properties | (3,392 | ) |  | (4,708 | )
Undistributed earnings | (807 | ) |  | (936 | )
Other | (185 | ) |  | (34 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities | (9,715 | ) |  | (10,565 | )
Net deferred tax liabilities | $ | (6,313 | ) |  | $ | (7,282 | )
Reserve for unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties | A summary of the activities associated with FCX’s reserve for unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties follows:
| Unrecognized Tax Benefits |  | Interest |  | Penalties
Balance at January 1, 2013 | $ | 138 |  |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | — |
Additions: |  |  |  |  |
Prior year tax positions | 18 |  |  | * |  |  | * |
Current year tax positions | 14 |  |  | * |  |  | * |
Acquisition of PXP | 5 |  |  | * |  |  | * |
Interest and penalties | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | — |
Decreases: |  |  |  |  |
Prior year tax positions | (37 | ) |  | * |  |  | * |
Current year tax positions | — |  |  | * |  |  | * |
Settlements with tax authorities | — |  |  | * |  |  | * |
Lapse of statute of limitations | (28 | ) |  | * |  |  | * |
Interest and penalties | — |  |  | (17 | ) |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2013 | 110 |  |  | 21 |  |  | — |
Additions: |  |  |  |  |
Prior year tax positions | 4 |  |  | * |  |  | * |
Current year tax positions | 11 |  |  | * |  |  | * |
Interest and penalties | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |
Decreases: |  |  |  |  |
Prior year tax positions | (12 | ) |  | * |  |  | * |
Current year tax positions | — |  |  | * |  |  | * |
Settlements with tax authorities | (9 | ) |  | * |  |  | * |
Lapse of statute of limitations | — |  |  | * |  |  | * |
Interest and penalties | — |  |  | (7 | ) |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2014 | $ | 104 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | — |
* Amounts not allocated. |
Summary of income tax examinations | The tax years for FCX's major tax jurisdictions that remain subject to examination are as follows:
Jurisdiction |  | Years Subject to Examination |  | Additional Open Years
U.S. Federal |  | 2007-2012 |  | 2013-2014
Indonesia |  | 2006-2008, 2011-2012 |  | 2010, 2013-2014
Peru |  | 2010 |  | 2011-2014
Chile |  | 2012-2013 |  | 2014
DRC |  | 2013 |  | 2012, 2014

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