Other Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of other liabilities

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

(Millions)	2021		2020
Membership Rewards liability	$	11,398	$	9,750
Employee-related liabilities (a)	2,528		2,336
Deferred card and other fees, net	2,516		2,282
Card Member rebate and reward accruals (b)	1,809		1,367
Income tax liability (c)	1,576		943
Other (d)	10,670		10,556
Total	$	30,497	$	27,234

(a)Includes employee benefit plan obligations and incentive compensation.

(b)Card Member rebate and reward accruals include payments to third-party reward partners and cash-back rewards.

(c)Includes repatriation tax liability of $1,012 million as of both December 31, 2021 and 2020, which represents our remaining obligation under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted on December 22, 2017 (Tax Act) to pay a one-time transition tax on unrepatriated earnings and profits of certain foreign subsidiaries, the net position for current federal, state and non-U.S. income tax liabilities, and deferred tax liabilities for foreign jurisdictions.

(d)Primarily includes book overdraft balances for accounts without an associated overdraft credit facility, Travelers Cheques and other prepaid products, lease liabilities, accruals for general operating expenses, payments to cobrand partners, marketing and business development liabilities, dividends payable and client incentives.

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, 2021 was as follows:

(Millions)	2021		2020
Deferred card and other fees (a)	$	2,838	$	2,639
Deferred direct acquisition costs	(169)		(166)
Reserves for membership cancellations	(153)		(191)
Deferred card and other fees, net	$	2,516	$	2,282

(a)Includes deferred fees for Membership Rewards program participants.