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Income Taxes | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income taxes | Income Taxes The Company calculates its interim income tax provision by applying its best estimate of the annual expected effective tax rate to its ordinary year-to-date income or loss. The tax or benefit related to significant, unusual or extraordinary items that will be separately reported or reported net of their related tax effect are individually computed and recognized in the interim period in which those items occur. The computation of the annual estimated effective tax rate at each interim period requires certain estimates and significant judgment including, but not limited to, the expected operating income for the year, projections of the proportion of income earned and taxed in foreign jurisdictions, permanent and temporary differences as a result of differences between amounts measured and recognized in accordance with tax laws and financial accounting standards, and the likelihood of recovering deferred tax assets. The accounting estimates used to compute the provision for income taxes may change as new events occur, additional information is obtained or as the tax environment changes. To the extent that the estimated annual effective tax rate changes during a quarter, the effect of the change on the prior quarters is included in the tax expense for the current quarter. For the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded a tax provision of $85 million and $78 million, respectively, which represented an effective tax rate of 28.1% and 24.2%, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded a tax provision of $159 million and $158 million, respectively, which represented an effective tax rate of 28.2% and 25.7%, respectively. The 2019 rate differs from the U.S. federal income tax rate of 21% due primarily to state and foreign tax expenses and valuation allowances established for foreign net operating losses and excess U.S. foreign tax credits. The 2019 effective tax rate has increased from the prior year for both periods presented primarily due to an increase in state accruals and additional valuation allowances on foreign net operating losses and foreign tax credits in the current year. The Company participates in a consolidated federal return filing with Qurate Retail. As of June 30, 2019, the Company's tax years through 2014 are closed for federal income tax purposes, and the IRS has completed its examination of the Company's 2015, 2016, and 2017 tax years. The Company's 2018 and 2019 tax years are being examined currently as part of the Qurate Retail consolidated return under the IRS's Compliance Assurance Process program. The Company, or one of its subsidiaries, files income tax returns in various states and foreign jurisdictions. As of June 30, 2019, the Company was under examination in the states of Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and certain of the Company's subsidiaries were under examination in Germany. The Company is a party to a Tax Liability Allocation and Indemnification Agreement (the “Tax Agreement”) with Qurate Retail. The Tax Agreement establishes the methodology for the calculation and payment of income taxes in connection with the consolidation of the Company with Qurate Retail for income tax purposes. Generally, the Tax Agreement provides that the Company will pay Qurate Retail an amount equal to the tax liability, if any, that it would have if it were to file as a consolidated group separate and apart from Qurate Retail, with exceptions for the treatment and timing of certain items, including but not limited to deferred intercompany transactions, credits, and net operating and capital losses. To the extent that the separate company tax expense is different from the payment terms of the Tax Agreement, the difference is recorded as either a dividend or capital contribution. The amounts of the tax-related balances due to Qurate Retail as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were $33 million and $26 million, respectively, and were included in accrued liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680 + Details
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