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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Income Before Income Taxes

The components of income before income taxes were as follows: 

			2020						2019						2018
U.S.			$	93					$	(3)					$	21
Foreign			833						789						719
			$	926					$	786					$	740

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes consisted of the following: 

			2020						2019						2018
Current tax:
U.S. federal			$	—					$	(1)					$	(2)
State and foreign			211						202						183
			$	211					$	201					$	181
Deferred tax:
U.S. federal			$	37					$	16					$	31
State and foreign			(4)						(51)						4
			33						(35)						35
Total			$	244					$	166					$	216

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:

			2020						2019						2018
U.S. statutory rate at 21%			$	194					$	166					$	155
Tax on foreign income			30						7						30
U.S. taxes on foreign income, net of credits			14						15						24
Valuation allowance changes			(11)						(33)						(1)
Tax contingencies			1						19						(2)
Tax law changes			4						(11)						4
Other items, net			12						3						6
Income tax provision			$	244					$	166					$	216

Components of Deferred Taxes

The components of deferred taxes at December 31 were:

			2020												2019
			Assets						Liabilities						Assets						Liabilities
Tax carryforwards			$	433					$	—					$	512					$	—
Postretirement and postemployment benefits			39						—						40						—
Pensions			139						101						176						124
Property, plant and equipment			29						172						23						174
Intangible assets			—						385						—						401
Asbestos			61						—						66						—
Accruals and other			102						92						88						90
Right of use assets			—						42						—						30
Lease liabilities			43						—						30						—
Valuation allowances			(205)						—						(243)						—
Total			$	641					$	792					$	692					$	819

Schedule of Tax Loss and Credit Carryforwards Expiration

Tax carryforwards expire as follows:

Year						Amount
2021						$	20
2022						75
2023						12
2024						13
2025						27
Thereafter						141
Unlimited						145

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits follows: 

			2020						2019						2018
Balance at January 1			$	41					$	37					$	29
Additions related to acquisitions			—						—						13
Additions for prior year tax positions			1						20						1
Lapse of statute of limitations			—						(1)						(3)
Settlements			—						(15)						(2)
Foreign currency translation			2						—						(1)
Balance at December 31			$	44					$	41					$	37

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