Supplemental Cash Flows (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Significant Noncash Transactions [Table Text Block]

The following table includes supplemental cash flow disclosures for each of the years ended December 31:

	2012		2011		2010
	(in millions)
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds	$	1,046	$	908	$	520
Cash paid for interest	—		—		3
Cash paid for legal settlements1	65		303		607
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Dividends declared but not yet paid	37		19		20
Assets recorded pursuant to capital lease	11		14		—
Fair value of assets acquired, net of cash acquired2	73		549		553
Fair value of liabilities assumed related to acquisitions2	3		89		55
Fair value of non-controlling interest acquired	—		—		2

¹ Amounts in 2012 primarily represent payments under settlement agreements related to the U.S. merchant litigations. Amounts paid into escrow related to the U.S. merchant class litigation is not included in this table. Amounts in 2011 and 2010 primarily represent payments under a settlement agreement relating to the U.S. federal antitrust litigation between MasterCard and American Express Company. Under the terms of the American Express Settlement, MasterCard made 12 quarterly payments of $150 million beginning in the third quarter of 2008. The Company made its final quarterly payment of $150 million in June 2011.

² See Note 2 (Acquisitions) for further details.