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INCOME TAXES - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) segment operation $ / shares | Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance | $ 658 | $ 704 |  |
Net asset basis step-up |  |  |  | $ 863
Swiss tax reform net asset basis step-up | 157 | 151 |  |
Deferred tax asset, swiss tax reform net asset basis step-up, valuation allowance | 90 | 84 |  |
Deferred tax expense | 9 |  |  |
Net tax benefit after valuation allowances from notional interest deductions | 50 |  |  |
Net tax benefit, offset by non-deductible income tax costs and shortfalls | 21 | 10 | $ 4 |
Notional interest deduction expense (benefit) | 31 | (306) | (97) |
Tax benefit related to a tax-deductible foreign statutory loss on an investment in a foreign subsidiary |  |  | 58 |
One time transitional tax expense | $ 505 |  |  |
Number of segments | segment | 4 |  |  |
Expense (benefit), would be incurred if earnings remitted | $ 61 |  |  |
Unrecognized interest and penalties expense | 23 | 16 |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact effective tax rate | 57 | 33 | 39 |
Expected reduction in gross unrecognized tax benefits | 11 |  |  |
Gross unrecognized tax benefit liability | 83 | 35 |  |
Non-US | Subsidiaries |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Notional interest deduction expense (benefit) |  | 47 | $ 50 |
Tax Year No Expiration |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 165 |  |  |
State and Local Jurisdiction |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 756 |  |  |
Domestic Tax Authority |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 129 |  |  |
Tax credit carryforwards | 299 |  |  |
Foreign tax credit carryforward | 228 |  |  |
Foreign Tax Authority |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 698 |  |  |
Tax credit carryforwards | 15 |  |  |
Valuation allowance | $ 130 | $ 119 |  |
Number of segments | operation | 2 |  |  |
Impact on earnings from continuing operations per diluted shares | $ / shares | $ 0.41 | $ 0.31 | $ 0.38 |
Foreign Tax Authority | Tax Year No Expiration |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | $ 432 |  |  |

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