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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of provision for income taxes
Our income tax expense (benefit) consisted of the following for the years ended December 31 (in millions):
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
 
$
119

 
$
82

 
$
(356
)
State
 
20

 
7

 
24

Foreign
 

 
1

 
23

Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
 
139

 
90

 
(309
)
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
 
36

 
(61
)
 
94

State
 
19

 
(5
)
 
18

Foreign
 
5

 
6

 
(25
)
Current income tax expense (benefit)
 
60

 
(60
)
 
87

Total income tax expense (benefit)
 
$
199

 
$
30

 
$
(222
)

Schedule of income taxes differed from the federal income tax statutory rate
The effective tax rate on income before income taxes differed from the federal income tax statutory rate for the years ended December 31 for the following reasons (in millions):
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Income tax expense at statutory rate
 
$
161

 
$
45

 
$
322

State income tax, net of federal benefit
 
31

 
8

 
28

Adjustment of net deferred tax liability from enacted tax rate change
 

 
(28
)
 
(564
)
Nondeductible expenses
 
8

 
5

 
3

Foreign rate differential
 
(3
)
 
(2
)
 
(7
)
Other, net
 
2

 
2

 
(4
)
Total income tax expense (benefit)
 
$
199

 
$
30

 
$
(222
)

Schedule of deferred tax assets and deferred liabilities
The components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31 are as follows (in millions):
 
 
2019
 
2018
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
 
Deferred revenue/gains
 
$
127

 
$
106

Employee benefits
 
47

 
35

Foreign tax credit
 
42

 
32

Net operating loss carryforward
 
31

 
28

Operating lease liabilities
 
212

 
241

Rent expense
 
17

 
20

Total deferred tax assets
 
476

 
462

Valuation allowance
 
(31
)
 
(21
)
Deferred tax assets, net
 
445

 
441

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accelerated depreciation
 
(1,423
)
 
(1,270
)
Operating lease assets
 
(236
)
 
(266
)
Other
 
(37
)
 
(17
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
 
(1,696
)
 
(1,553
)
Net deferred tax liability
 
$
(1,251
)
 
$
(1,112
)

Schedule of reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in millions):
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Unrecognized tax benefits at January 1,
 
$
33

 
$
31

 
$
26

Increases for tax positions taken during a prior period
 

 

 
2

Increases for tax positions taken during the period
 
6

 
5

 
6

Decreases for tax positions taken during a prior period
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
Unrecognized tax benefits December 31,
 
$
36

 
$
33

 
$
31