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Income Taxes (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Summary of Valuation Allowance [Table Text Block]
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending valuation allowances for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 was as follows: 
(in millions)
 
2019

 
2018

 
2017

Balance at beginning of year
 
$
71

 
$
—

 
$
240

Additions to valuation allowance related to Altria’s initial investment in Cronos
 
352

 
—

 
—

Additions to valuation allowance charged to income tax expense
 
2,063

 
71

 
—

Reductions to valuation allowance credited to income tax benefit
 
(159
)
 
—

 
(240
)
Foreign currency translation
 
(3
)
 
—

 
—

Balance at end of year
 
$
2,324

 
$
71

 
$
—
Schedule of Earnings Before Income Taxes and Provision for Income Taxes
Earnings before income taxes and provision (benefit) for income taxes consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017: 
(in millions)
2019

 
2018

 
2017

Earnings (losses) before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
266

 
$
9,441

 
$
9,809

Outside United States
500

 
(100
)
 
19

Total
$
766

 
$
9,341

 
$
9,828

Provision (benefit) for income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
1,686

 
$
1,911

 
$
2,346

State and local
470

 
519

 
366

Outside United States
3

 
1

 
15

 
2,159

 
2,431

 
2,727

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
(78
)
 
(18
)
 
(3,213
)
State and local
(19
)
 
(42
)
 
86

Outside United States
2

 
3

 
1

 
(95
)
 
(57
)
 
(3,126
)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes
$
2,064

 
$
2,374

 
$
(399
)
Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 was as follows: 
(in millions)
2019

 
2018

 
2017

Balance at beginning of year
$
85

 
$
66

 
$
169

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
—

 
—

 
—

Additions for tax positions of prior years
32

 
22

 
129

Reductions for tax positions due to lapse of statutes of limitations
—

 
—

 
(4
)
Reductions for tax positions of prior years
(16
)
 
(1
)
 
(208
)
Tax settlements
(37
)
 
(2
)
 
(20
)
Balance at end of year
$
64

 
$
85

 
$
66
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits and Consolidated Liability for Tax Contingencies
Unrecognized tax benefits and Altria’s consolidated liability for tax contingencies at December 31, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:
(in millions)
2019

 
2018

Unrecognized tax benefits
$
64

 
$
85

Accrued interest and penalties
11

 
13

Tax credits and other indirect benefits
(1
)
 
(1
)
Liability for tax contingencies
$
74

 
$
97
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate and U.S. Federal Statutory Rate
A reconciliation between actual income taxes and amounts computed by applying the federal statutory rate to earnings (losses) before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
(dollars in millions)
 
$
 
%
 
$
 
%
 
$
 
%
U.S. federal statutory rate
 
$
161

 
21.0
 %
 
$
1,962

 
21.0
 %
 
$
3,440

 
35.0
%
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit
 
356

 
46.5

 
377

 
4.0

 
345

 
3.5

Re-measurement of net deferred tax liabilities
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(3,063
)
 
(31.2
)
Tax basis in foreign investments
 
84

 
11.0

 
140

 
1.5

 
(763
)
 
(7.8
)
Deemed repatriation tax
 
—

 
—

 
14

 
0.1

 
413

 
4.2

Uncertain tax positions
 
(40
)
 
(5.2
)
 
8

 
0.1

 
(89
)
 
(0.9
)
Investment in ABI
 
(210
)
 
(27.4
)
 
(104
)
 
(1.1
)
 
(580
)
 
(5.9
)
Investment in JUUL
 
1,808

 
236.0

 
15

 
0.2

 
—

 
—

Investment in Cronos
 
(66
)
 
(8.6
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Domestic manufacturing deduction
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(181
)
 
(1.8
)
Other (1)
 
(29
)
 
(3.8
)
 
(38
)
 
(0.4
)
 
79

 
0.8

Effective tax rate
 
$
2,064

 
269.5
 %
 
$
2,374

 
25.4
 %
 
$
(399
)
 
(4.1
)%

(1) Other in 2019 is primarily deferred profit sharing dividends tax benefit of $21 million and miscellaneous immaterial items.
Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities
The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following at December 31, 2019 and 2018:
(in millions)
2019

 
2018

Deferred income tax assets:
 
 
 
Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits
$
491

 
$
500

Settlement charges
833

 
864

Accrued pension costs
131

 
155

Investment in JUUL
2,047

 
—

Investment in Cronos
197

 
—

Net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards
92

 
57

Total deferred income tax assets
3,791

 
1,576

Deferred income tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
(255
)
 
(251
)
Intangible assets
(2,758
)
 
(2,689
)
Investment in ABI
(3,115
)
 
(3,038
)
Finance assets, net
(204
)
 
(313
)
Other
(158
)
 
(115
)
Total deferred income tax liabilities
(6,490
)
 
(6,406
)
Valuation allowances
(2,324
)
 
(71
)
Net deferred income tax liabilities
$
(5,023
)
 
$
(4,901
)