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Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Expense (Benefit) and Effective Tax Rate

The following table presents the Company’s income tax expense and the effective tax rate, which reflect provisional amounts related to the 2017 Act as discussed above:

	Three Months Ended
	September 28, 2018				September 29, 2017
	(in millions)
Income before taxes	$	583			$	710
Income tax expense	$	72			$	29
Effective tax rate	12		%		4		%

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