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Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract] |
Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures | Note 18 Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures Following are supplemental cash flow disclosures regarding interest paid and income taxes paid.
Year Ended December 31, | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |
Interest paid | $ | 107 |  |  | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | 111 |
Income taxes paid, net of refunds received | 78 |  |  | 90 |  |  | 55 |
Following are supplemental cash flow disclosures regarding transactions related to stock-based compensation awards. In certain situations, U.S. Cellular withholds shares that are issuable upon the exercise of stock options or the vesting of restricted shares to cover, and with a value equivalent to, the exercise price and/or the amount of taxes required to be withheld from the stock award holder at the time of the exercise or vesting. U.S. Cellular then pays the amount of the required tax withholdings to the taxing authorities in cash.
Year Ended December 31, | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common Shares withheld | 452,000 |  |  | 1,550,000 |  |  | 145,000 |
Aggregate value of Common Shares withheld | $ | 23 |  |  | $ | 73 |  |  | $ | 6 |
Cash receipts upon exercise of stock options | 1 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 5 |
Cash disbursements for payment of taxes | (10 | ) |  | (11 | ) |  | (4 | )
Net cash receipts (disbursements) from exercise of stock options and vesting of other stock awards | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 1 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134446 + Details
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