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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of income before income tax
The components of pretax income for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
  
2014
  
2013
 
(In millions)
United States
$
396

  
$
510

  
$
768

International
2,010

  
2,005

  
1,803

 
$
2,406


$
2,515


$
2,571

Schedule of components of income tax expense (benefit)
The provision for income taxes is comprised of the following:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
 
(In millions)
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
363

 
$
489

 
$
408

State and local
22

 
20

 
(5
)
Foreign
106

 
127

 
134

 
$
491

 
$
636

 
$
537

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
(53
)
 
$
2,091

 
$
(15
)
State and local
(2
)
 
21

 
(7
)
Foreign
23

 
632

 
(11
)
 
(32
)
 
2,744

 
(33
)
 
$
459

 
$
3,380

 
$
504

Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation
The following is a reconciliation of the difference between the actual provision for income taxes and the provision computed by applying the federal statutory rate of 35% for 2015, 2014 and 2013 to income before income taxes:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
 
(In millions)
Provision at statutory rate
$
843

 
$
881

 
$
900

Permanent differences:
 
 
 
 
 
Prior year foreign earnings no longer considered indefinitely reinvested

 
2,991

 

Foreign income taxed at different rates
(399
)
 
(432
)
 
(403
)
Change in valuation allowance
1

 
(142
)
 

Stock-based compensation
23

 
22

 
18

State taxes, net of federal benefit
20

 
42

 
(12
)
Research and other tax credits
(27
)
 
(14
)
 
(26
)
Divested business

 

 
21

Other
(2
)
 
32

 
6

 
$
459


$
3,380


$
504

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities
Significant deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following:
 
December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
(In millions)
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
Net operating loss, capital loss and credits
$
206

 
$
61

Accruals and allowances
209

 
208

Stock-based compensation
65

 
88

Net unrealized losses
8

 

Net deferred tax assets
488

 
357

Valuation allowance
(41
)
 
(25
)
 
$
447

 
$
332

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Unremitted foreign earnings
$
(1,656
)
 
$
(2,109
)
Acquisition-related intangibles
(19
)
 
(11
)
Depreciation and amortization
(190
)
 
(212
)
Available-for-sale securities
(251
)
 
(286
)
Other

 
(17
)
 
(2,116
)
 
(2,635
)
 
$
(1,669
)
 
$
(2,303
)
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits
The following table reflects changes in unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December, 31 2015, 2014 and 2013:
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
 
(In millions)
Gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits as of the beginning of the period
$
367

 
$
304

 
$
314

Increases related to prior period tax positions
36

 
35

 
98

Decreases related to prior period tax positions
(8
)
 
(18
)
 
(139
)
Increases related to current period tax positions
51

 
59

 
35

Settlements
(6
)
 
(13
)
 
(4
)
Gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits as of the end of the period
$
440


$
367


$
304