Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule Of Earnings Before Income Taxes And Provision For Income Taxes

(in millions)	2011			2010		2009
Earnings before income taxes:
United States	$	5,568		$	5,709	$	4,868
Outside United States		14			14		9
Total	$	5,582		$	5,723	$	4,877
Provision for income taxes:
Current:
Federal	$	2,353		$	1,430	$	1,512
State and local		275			258		111
Outside United States		4			4		3
		2,632			1,692		1,626
Deferred:
Federal		(458	)		120		(14	)
State and local		15			4		57
		(443	)		124		43
Total provision for income taxes	$	2,189		$	1,816	$	1,669

Reconciliation Of Beginning And Ending Unrecognized Tax Benefits

(in millions)	2011			2010			2009
Balance at beginning of year	$	399		$	601		$	669
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		22			21			15
Additions for tax positions of prior years		71			30			34
Reductions for tax positions due to lapse of statutes of limitations		(39	)		(58	)		(22	)
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(67	)		(164	)		(87	)
Settlements		(5	)		(31	)		(8	)
Balance at end of year	$	381		$	399		$	601

Schedule Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits And Consolidated Liability For Tax Contingencies

(in millions)	2011			2010
Unrecognized tax benefits - Altria Group, Inc.	$	191		$	220
Unrecognized tax benefits - Kraft		112			101
Unrecognized tax benefits - PMI		78			78
Unrecognized tax benefits		381			399
Accrued interest and penalties		618			261
Tax credits and other indirect benefits		(211	)		(85	)
Liability for tax contingencies	$	788		$	575

Reconciliation Of Effective Tax Rate And U.S. Federal Statutory Rate

	2011			2010			2009
U.S. federal statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		3.8			3.7			2.4
Uncertain tax positions		5.5			(2.3	)		(0.6	)
SABMiller dividend benefit		(2.0	)		(2.3	)		(2.4	)
Domestic manufacturing deduction		(2.4	)		(2.4	)		(1.5	)
Other		(0.7	)					1.3
Effective tax rate		39.2	%		31.7	%		34.2	%

Schedule Of Deferred Income Tax Assets And Liabilities

(in millions)	2011			2010
Deferred income tax assets:
Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits	$	1,087		$	1,045
Settlement charges		1,382			1,393
Accrued pension costs		458			395
Net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards		96			87
Total deferred income tax assets		3,023			2,920
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment		(511	)		(425	)
Intangible assets		(3,721	)		(3,655	)
Investment in SABMiller		(1,803	)		(1,758	)
Other		(251	)		(296	)
Total deferred income tax liabilities		(6,286	)		(6,134	)
Valuation allowances		(82	)		(39	)
Net deferred income tax liabilities	$	(3,345	)	$	(3,253	)