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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
As of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, we had no liability for unrecognized tax benefits.
 
The differences between the 21 percent and 35 percent statutory federal income tax rates and our effective income tax rate were as follows:
(Dollars in millions)
 
Three months ended June 30,
 
Six months ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Tax at statutory rate:
 
$
56

 
21.0
 %
 
$
44

 
35.0
 %
 
$
45

 
21.0
 %
 
$
141

 
35.0
 %
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Tax-exempt income from municipal bonds
 
(5
)
 
(1.9
)
 
(9
)
 
(7.0
)
 
(10
)
 
(4.7
)
 
(18
)
 
(4.5
)
Dividend received exclusion
 
(5
)
 
(1.5
)
 
(9
)
 
(7.0
)
 
(8
)
 
(3.7
)
 
(17
)
 
(4.2
)
Other
 
1

 
0.2

 
2

 
0.9

 
1

 
0.5

 
(3
)
 
(0.8
)
Provision for income taxes
 
$
47

 
17.8
 %
 
$
28

 
21.9
 %
 
$
28

 
13.1
 %
 
$
103

 
25.5
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
The provision for federal income taxes is based upon filing a consolidated income tax return for the company and its subsidiaries.

See our 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 8, Note 11, Income Taxes, Page 153, which discusses enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) on December 22, 2017, and its impact on our financial results for that period. Interpretive guidance of the Tax Act will be received throughout 2018, and we expect to update our estimates and our disclosure on a quarterly basis as interpretative guidance is received within each quarter that it is received. During the period ended June 30, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have not issued further clarification or guidance for the items for which our accounting for the Tax Act is incomplete. We expect to complete determination of the effects of the Tax Act on our deferred tax assets and liabilities as part of the annual income tax return filing process.

As of June 30, 2018, we had no operating or capital loss carryforwards.