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Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Dec. 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 includes the discrete effects of the finalization of the accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the 2017 Act as discussed above:

	Three Months Ended								Six Months Ended
	December 28, 2018				December 29, 2017				December 28, 2018				December 29, 2017
	(in millions)
Income before taxes	$	81			$	774			$	664			$	1,484
Income tax expense	$	568			$	1,597			$	640			$	1,626
Effective tax rate	701		%		206		%		96		%		110		%

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