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Expected payroll tax deferral from CARES Act through December 2020

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Tax benefit from provisional updates and research and development multiyear tax credit study

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Tax benefit from provisional updates and research and development multiyear tax credit study per share

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Tax benefit from restructuring a foreign subsidiary.

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Tax benefit from restructuring a foreign subsidiary per share

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		15 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020
Income Tax [Line Items]
Income taxes	$ 51	$ 155	$ 310	$ 429
Effective income tax rate	11.00%	20.00%	20.00%	21.00%
Tax benefit from provisional updates and research and development multiyear tax credit study	$ 57
Tax benefit from provisional updates and research and development multiyear tax study per share	$ 0.10
Favorable discrete items, percentage impact	12.00%	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Tax benefit from restructuring foreign subsidiary		$ 21
Tax benefit from restructuring foreign subsidiary per share		$ 0.03
Forecast [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Payroll tax deferral from CARES Act expected through December 2020					$ 75