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Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Credit Loss [Abstract] |
Schedule of financing receivable, allowance for credit loss | The following table presents the activity of our allowance for credit losses by accounts receivable portfolio:
| Business |  | Mass Markets |  | Total
| (Dollars in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2021 | $ | 88 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 114 |
Provision for expected losses | 25 |  |  | 108 |  |  | 133 |
Write-offs charged against the allowance | (61) |  |  | (114) |  |  | (175) |
Recoveries collected | 10 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 16 |
Change in allowance in assets held for sale(1) | (5) |  |  | 2 |  |  | (3) |
Balance at December 31, 2022 | 57 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 85 |
Provision for expected losses | 35 |  |  | 65 |  |  | 100 |
Write-offs charged against the allowance | (62) |  |  | (65) |  |  | (127) |
Recoveries collected | 6 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 9 |
Balance at December 31, 2023 | 36 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 67 |
Provision for expected losses | 26 |  |  | 46 |  |  | 72 |
Write-offs charged against the allowance | (32) |  |  | (58) |  |  | (90) |
Recoveries collected | 6 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 10 |
Balance at December 31, 2024 | $ | 36 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 59 |
______________________________________________________________________ (1)Represents changes in amounts classified as held for sale related to the divestitures of our Latin American and ILEC businesses on August 1, 2022 and October 3, 2022, respectively, and the inclusion of a $5 million allowance for credit losses classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2022 related to the divestiture of the EMEA business in 2023. See Note 2—Divestitures of the Latin American, ILEC and EMEA Businesses.

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