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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Income Before Income Taxes

The components of income before income taxes were as follows: 

	2019				2018				2017
U.S.	$	(3	)		$	21			$	10
Foreign	789				719				819
	$	786			$	740			$	829

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes consisted of the following: 

	2019				2018				2017
Current tax:
U.S. federal	$	(1	)		$	(2	)		$	—
State and foreign	202				183				154
	$	201			$	181			$	154
Deferred tax:
U.S. federal	$	16			$	31			$	217
State and foreign	(51		)		4				30
	(35		)		35				247
Total	$	166			$	216			$	401

Schedule of U.S. Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate to Pre-tax Income

The provision for income taxes differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to pre-tax income as a result of the following items:

	2019				2018				2017
U.S. statutory rate at 21%, 21% and 35%	$	166			$	155			$	290
Tax on foreign income	7				30				(126		)
U.S. taxes on foreign income, net of credits	15				24				45
Valuation allowance changes	(33		)		(1		)		9
Tax contingencies	19				(2		)		6
Tax law changes	(11		)		4				174
Other items, net	3				6				3
Income tax provision	$	166			$	216			$	401

Components of Deferred Taxes

The components of deferred taxes at December 31 are:

	2019								2018
	Assets				Liabilities				Assets				Liabilities
Tax carryforwards	$	512			$	—			$	531			$	—
Postretirement and postemployment benefits	40				—				39				—
Pensions	176				124				193				106
Property, plant and equipment	23				174				20				177
Intangible assets	—				401				—				431
Asbestos	66				—				71				—
Accruals and other	88				90				88				73
Right of use assets	—				30				—				—
Lease liabilities	30				—				—				—
Valuation allowances	(243		)		—				(282		)		—
Total	$	692			$	819			$	660			$	787

Schedule of Tax Loss and Credit Carryforwards Expiration

Tax carryforwards expire as follows:

Year		Amount
2020		$	27
2021		22
2022		82
2023		11
2024		14
Thereafter		211
Unlimited		145

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits follows: 

	2019				2018				2017
Balance at January 1	$	37			$	29			$	27
Additions related to acquisitions	—				13				—
Additions for prior year tax positions	20				1				6
Reductions to prior period tax positions	—				—				(2		)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(1		)		(3		)		—
Settlements	(15		)		(2		)		(4		)
Foreign currency translation	—				(1		)		2
Balance at December 31	$	41			$	37			$	29

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