Supplemental Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Supplemental Financial Information

Summary of activity of allowance for doubtful accounts

(in millions)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	228
Impact of adopting ASU 2016-13		7
Provisions/charges to income		88
Amounts charged off and other deductions		(35)
Balance at December 31, 2020		288
Provisions/charges to income		51
Amounts charged off and other deductions		(26)
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	313

Schedule of long-term investments

	December 31,		December 31,
(in millions)	2021		2020
Long-term Investments:
Equity securities	$	748	$	776
Other		68		45
Total	$	816	$	821

Schedule of other accrued liabilities

	December 31,		December 31,
(in millions)	2021		2020
Other Accrued Liabilities:
Accrued rebates payable to government agencies	$	364	$	316
Accrued other rebates (a)		1,082		805
All other		3,735		4,044
Total	$	5,181	$	5,165

(a) Accrued wholesaler chargeback rebates of $211 million and $178 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, are netted in trade receivables because Abbott’s customers are invoiced at a higher catalog price but only remit to Abbott their contract price for the products.

Schedule of post-employment obligations and other long-term liabilities

	December 31,		December 31,
(in millions)	2021		2020
Post-employment Obligations and Other Long-term Liabilities:
Defined benefit pension plans and post-employment medical and dental plans for significant plans	$	2,738	$	3,119
Deferred income taxes		1,392		1,406
Operating lease liabilities		956		902
All other (b)		3,685		3,684
Total	$	8,771	$	9,111

(b) Includes approximately $680 million and $740 million of net unrecognized tax benefits in 2021 and 2020, respectively.