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Tax - Summary of Reconciliation of Tax Paid to Total Tax Charge in Income Statement (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Reconciliation Of Tax Paid [abstract] |  |  |
Current tax charge in the Group income statement | $ (159) | $ (95) | $ (207)
Current tax credit in the Group statement of comprehensive income | 2 | 1 |
Current tax credit taken directly to equity | 4 | 8 | 12
Total current tax charge | (153) | (86) | (195)
Movements to tax contingencies within the Group income statement | 3 | (4) | (3)
Timing differences of cash tax paid and foreign exchange differences | 9 | 22 | 26
Tax paid per cash flow | $ (141) | $ (68) | $ (172)

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- Definition The amount of current tax relating to particular items that are charged or credited directly to equity, for example: (a) an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings resulting from either a change in accounting policy that is applied retrospectively or the correction of an error; and (b) amounts arising on initial recognition of the equity component of a compound financial instrument. [Refer: Retained earnings; Financial instruments, class [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 12 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 81 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=12&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_81_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The amount of income tax relating to amounts recognised in other comprehensive income. [Refer: Other comprehensive income] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 12 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 81 -Subparagraph ab -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=12&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_81_ab&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 90 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_90&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The cash flows from income taxes paid or refunded. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_35&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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