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Note 10. Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of pre-tax income (loss) for domestic and foreign operations
The components of pretax income for domestic and foreign operations consisted of the following:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Domestic
$
365

 
$
351

 
$
290

Foreign
4

 
10

 
8

Pretax income
$
369

 
$
361

 
$
298

Schedule of income tax provision
The components of income tax (benefit) expense consisted of the following:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
(7
)
 
$
10

 
$
8

State
4

 
8

 
3

Foreign
1

 
2

 
3

Total current
(2
)
 
20

 
14

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
(72
)
 
107

 
91

State
9

 
16

 
4

Foreign

 
1

 
1

Total deferred
(63
)
 
124

 
96

Income tax (benefit) expense
$
(65
)
 
$
144

 
$
110

Schedule of effective income tax rate
A reconciliation of the Company’s effective income tax rate at the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% to the actual expense was as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Federal statutory rate
35
 %
 
35
%
 
35
 %
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefits
4

 
4

 
2

Impact of the 2017 Tax Act
(50
)
 

 

Permanent differences

 
1

 
1

Uncertain tax positions
(9
)
 

 

Net change in valuation allowance
1

 

 
1

Other
1

 

 
(2
)
Effective tax rate
(18
%)
 
40
%
 
37
%
Schedule of deferred income tax assets and liabilities
Deferred income taxes result from temporary differences between the amount of assets and liabilities recognized for financial reporting and tax purposes. The components of the deferred income tax assets and liabilities, as of December 31, are as follows:
 
2017
 
2016
Deferred income tax assets:
 
 
 
Net operating loss carryforwards
$
288

 
$
503

Tax credit carryforwards
35

 
41

Accrued liabilities and deferred income
85

 
131

Minimum pension obligations
16

 
23

Provision for doubtful accounts
8

 
16

Liability for unrecognized tax benefits
1

 
3

Interest rate swaps
2

 
8

Total deferred tax assets
435

 
725

Less: valuation allowance
(13
)
 
(10
)
Total deferred income tax assets after valuation allowance
422

 
715

Deferred income tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
736

 
1,099

Prepaid expenses
2

 
1

Undistributed foreign earnings

 
2

Basis difference in investment in joint ventures
10

 
2

Total deferred tax liabilities
748

 
1,104

Net deferred income tax liabilities
$
(326
)
 
$
(389
)
Schedule of the rollforward of unrecognized tax benefits
The rollforward of unrecognized tax benefits are summarized in the table below:
Unrecognized tax benefits—January 1, 2015
$
106

Gross decreases—tax positions in prior periods
(4
)
Gross increases—tax positions in current period
1

Settlements
(23
)
Reduction due to lapse of statute of limitations
(2
)
Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31, 2015
78

Gross increases—tax positions in prior periods
3

Reduction due to lapse of statute of limitations
(3
)
Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31, 2016
78

Gross increases—tax positions in prior periods
1

Gross decreases—tax positions in prior periods
(54
)
Reduction due to lapse of statute of limitations
(3
)
Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31, 2017
$
22