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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes

Income (loss) before income taxes consists of:

 

     For the years ended December 31,  
     2015      2016      2017      2017  
     RMB      RMB      RMB      US$  
     (In millions)  

PRC

     16,878        18,194        22,088        3,394  

Non-PRC

     21,029        (3,685      (805      (124
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     37,907        14,509        21,283        3,270  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Components of Income Tax

Income taxes consist of:

 

     For the years ended December 31,  
     2015      2016     2017     2017  
     RMB      RMB     RMB     US$  
     (In millions)  

Current income tax

     3,214        3,462       4,224       649  

Income tax refund due to reduced tax rate

     —          (535     (473     (73

Adjustments of deferred tax assets due to change in tax rates

     80        (13     7       1  

Deferred income tax (benefit) expense

     2,181        (1     (763     (117
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     5,475        2,913       2,995       460  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Provision of Tax Computed By Applying Statutory Income Tax Rate to Pre-Tax Income

The reconciliation of the actual income taxes to the amount of tax computed by applying the aforementioned statutory income tax rate to pre-tax income is as follows:

 

     For the years ended December 31,  
     2015     2016     2017     2017  
     RMB     RMB     RMB     US$  
     (In millions, except for per share data)  

Expected taxation at PRC statutory tax rate

     9,477       3,627       5,321       818  

Effect of differing tax rates in different jurisdictions

     (5,254     736       854       131  

Non-taxable income

     (65     (73     (913     (140

Non-deductible expenses

     165       115       653       99  

Research and development super-deduction

     (768     (726     (905     (139

Effect of PRC preferential tax rates and tax holiday

     (1,547     (1,851     (2,095     (322

Effect of tax rate changes on deferred taxes

     80       (13     7       1  

Over-accrued EIT for previous years

     (249     (520     (579     (89

PRC withholding tax

     2,471       283       101       16  

Addition to valuation allowance

     1,165       1,335       551       85  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Taxation for the year

     5,475       2,913       2,995       460  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

     14.44     20.08     14.07     14.07
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of preferential tax rates inside the PRC on basic earnings per Class A and Class B ordinary share

     44.31       53.41       60.33       9.27  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Tax Effects of Temporary Differences that Gave Rise to Deferred Tax Balances

The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to the deferred tax balances at December 31, 2016 and 2017 are as follows:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2016      2017      2017  
     RMB      RMB      US$  
     (In millions)  

Deferred tax assets:

        

Provision for doubtful receivables

     138        287        44  

Accrued expenses, payroll and others

     2,715        2,849        438  

Fixed assets depreciation

     26        53        8  

Net operating loss carry-forward

     1,727        1,061        163  

Less: valuation allowance

     (3,506      (2,718      (418
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets, net

     1,100        1,532        235  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     As of December 31,  
     2016      2017      2017  
     RMB      RMB      US$  
     (In millions)  

Deferred tax liabilities:

  

Long-lived assets arising from acquisitions

     248        133        20  

Withholding tax on PRC subsidiaries’ undistributed earnings

     633        586        91  

Withholding tax on capital gains derived from PRC

     2,708        2,656        408  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     3,589        3,375        519