v3.6.0.2

Provision for Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes

The components of income (loss) before income taxes are as follows:

		2016				2015				2014
Netherlands			537				1,528				398
Foreign			(1,140	)			(42	)			241
			(603	)			1,486				639

Components of Benefit (Provision) for Income Taxes

The components of the benefit (provision) for income taxes are as follows:

		2016				2015				2014
Current taxes:
Netherlands			(7	)			(13	)			(7	)
Foreign			(67	)			(51	)			(32	)
			(74	)			(64	)			(39	)
Deferred taxes:
Netherlands			205				(4	)			2
Foreign			720				172				(3	)
			925				168				(1	)
Total benefit (provision) for income taxes			851				104				(40	)

Reconciliation of Statutory Income Tax Rate

A reconciliation of the statutory income tax rate in the Netherlands as a percentage of income (loss) before income taxes and the effective income tax rate is as follows:

(in percentages)		2016				2015				2014
Statutory income tax in the Netherlands			25.0				25.0				25.0
Rate differential local statutory rates versus statutory rate of the Netherlands			24.2				(4.3	)			(2.5	)
Net change in valuation allowance			72.6				(13.8	)			2.4
Prior year adjustments			0.1				—				0.5
Non-taxable income			1.7				(0.1	)			(0.3	)
Non-deductible expenses/losses			(7.0	)			4.0				5.6
Sale of non-deductible goodwill			—				2.7				—
Other taxes and tax rate changes			7.1				1.0				—
Tax effects of remitted and unremitted earnings and withholding taxes			(2.7	)			0.1				1.3
Tax on gains related to internal corporate reorganization transactions			(10.3	)			—				—
Unrecognized tax benefits			(0.5	)			0.1				0.6
Netherlands tax incentives			17.9				(18.5	)			(21.5	)
Foreign tax incentives			13.0				(3.2	)			(4.8	)
Effective tax rate			141.1	%			(7.0	%)			6.3	%

Principal Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The principal components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented below:

		2016				2015
Operating loss and tax credit carryforwards			1,031				963
Accrued interest			432				545
Other accrued liabilities			107				147
Pensions			86				87
Stock Based Compensation			58				73
Restructuring			40				61
Receivables			36				11
Inventories (including purchase accounting basis difference)			27				(109	)
Other assets			10				9
Long-term debt			—				179
Total Gross Deferred Tax Assets			1,827				1,966
Valuation Allowance			(127	)			(632	)
Total Net Deferred Tax Assets			1,700				1,334
Intangible assets (including purchase accounting basis difference)			(2,431	)			(2,952	)
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries			(367	)			(359	)
Property, plant and equipment (including purchase accounting basis difference)			(134	)			(226	)
Total Deferred Tax Liabilities			(2,932	)			(3,537	)
Net Deferred Tax Position			(1,232	)			(2,203	)

Classification of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities in Consolidated Balance Sheets

The classification of the deferred tax assets and liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets is as follows:

		2016				2015
Deferred tax assets within other current assets			—				26
Deferred tax assets within other non-current assets			427				69
Deferred tax liabilities within accrued liabilities			—				(5	)
Deferred tax liabilities within non-current liabilities			(1,659	)			(2,293	)
			(1,232	)			(2,203	)

Expiration of Tax Loss Carryforwards

At December 31, 2016 tax loss carryforwards of $1,899 million (inclusive of $270 million of U.S. state tax losses) will expire as follows:

		Balance
		December 31,				Scheduled expiration
		2016				2017				2018				2019				2020				2021				2022-2026				later				unlimited
Tax loss carryforwards			1,899				26				10				29				10				1				947				290				586

Expiration of Tax Credit Carryforwards

The Company also has tax credit carryforwards of $749 million (excluding the effect of unrecognized tax benefits), which are available to offset future tax, if any, and which will expire as follows:

		Balance December 31, 2016
						Scheduled expiration
						2017				2018				2019				2020				2021				2022-2026				later				unlimited
Tax credit carryforwards			749				1				8				12				32				18				336				282				60

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

		2016				2015				2014
Balance as of January 1,			149				125				143
Assumed in the acquisition of Freescale			—				121				—
Decreases from activities which are held for sale			(7	)			—				—
Increases from tax positions taken during prior periods			1				1				—
Decreases from tax positions taken during prior periods			(3	)			(111	)			(21	)
Increases from tax positions taken during current period			10				15				3
Decreases relating to settlements with the tax authorities			(4	)			(2	)			—
Balance as of December 31,			146				149				125

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