Other Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

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Summary of other liabilities

The following is a summary of Other liabilities as of December 31:

(Millions)	2018		2017
Membership Rewards liability	$	8,414	$	7,751
Employee-related liabilities(a)		2,164		2,277
Deferred card and other fees, net		1,759		1,554
Repatriation tax liability(b)		1,689		1,703
Card Member rebate and reward accruals(c)		1,596		1,564
Book overdraft balances		1,028		2,837
Other(d)		3,629		4,503
Total	$	20,279	$	22,189

• Employee-related liabilities include employee benefit plan obligations and incentive compensation.
• Refer to Note 21 for additional information.
• Card Member rebate and reward accruals include payments to third-party reward partners and cash-back rewards.
• Other includes accruals for general operating expenses, client incentives, merchant rebates, payments to third-party card-issuing partners, marketing and business development, restructuring and reengineering reserves, QAH unfunded commitments and derivatives.

Carrying amount of deferred charge card and other fees

The carrying amount of deferred card and other fees, net of deferred direct acquisition costs and reserves for membership cancellations as of December 31, was as follows:

(Millions)		2018		2017
Deferred card and other fees(a)		$	2,208	$	1,996
Deferred direct acquisition costs			(282)		(280)
Reserves for membership cancellations			(167)		(162)
	Deferred card and other fees, net	$	1,759	$	1,554

Includes deferred fees for Membership Rewards program participants.