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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
 
Third Quarter
 
First Nine Months
(Dollars in millions)
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
$
 
%
 
$
 
%
 
$
 
%
 
$
 
%
Provision for income taxes and tax rate
$
46

 
15
%
 
$
46

 
10
%
 
$
158

 
18
%
 
$
190

 
15
%


Third quarter and first nine months 2019 includes adjustments to the tax provision to reflect amendments to and finalization of prior year's income tax returns. The third quarter and first nine months 2018 effective tax rates include the impact of the U.S. corporate tax rate reduction resulting from the Tax Reform Act. In third quarter and first nine months 2018, the Company also recognized a decrease of $14 million and $4 million, respectively, to the provision for income taxes resulting from adjustments to the provisional net tax benefit recognized in fourth quarter 2017 resulting from the Tax Reform Act and tax impact of outside-U.S. entity reorganizations as part of the transition to an international treasury services center. Third quarter and first nine months 2018 adjustments resulting from the Tax Reform Act were due to a decrease to the provision for income taxes related to foreign income inclusion and associated foreign tax credits partially offset by an increase to the provision for income taxes for a remeasurement of the deferred tax assets as a result of additional Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") guidance released in the third quarter 2018. Third quarter and first nine months 2018 effective tax rates also include a $14 million decrease to the provision for income taxes related to prior year income tax returns and a $17 million decrease to the provision for income taxes related to current year estimates of business tax credits. In addition, first nine months 2018 included a $10 million increase to the one-time transition tax on deferred foreign income resulting from the Tax Reform Act.

The U.S. Department of Treasury and IRS have issued a number of proposed regulations related to implementation of the provisions of the Tax Reform Act and certain states may issue clarifying guidance regarding state income tax conformity to the current federal tax code. Finalization of these regulations in 2019 or future periods may result in changes in the period of enactment to the amounts currently reported in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.