Income taxes (Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
Dec. 31, 2019 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
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| Deferred income tax assets: | ||
| NOL and credit carryforwards | $ 800 | $ 810 |
| Accrued expenses | 457 | 428 |
| Expenses capitalized for tax | 170 | 185 |
| Stock-based compensation | 91 | 95 |
| Other | 269 | 174 |
| Total deferred income tax assets | 1,787 | 1,692 |
| Valuation allowance | (517) | (509) |
| Net deferred income tax assets | 1,270 | 1,183 |
| Deferred income tax liabilities: | ||
| Acquired intangible assets | (1,288) | (1,509) |
| Debt | (210) | (184) |
| Other | (286) | (267) |
| Total deferred income tax liabilities | (1,784) | (1,960) |
| Total deferred income taxes, net | $ (514) | $ (777) |
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- Definition The tax effect as of the balance sheet date of the amount of the estimated future tax deductions arising from acquired net operating loss and credit carryforwards and which can only be realized if sufficient tax-basis income is generated in future periods to enable the deduction to be taken. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences, classified as other. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from share-based compensation. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from provisions, reserves, allowances, and accruals, classified as other. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from accrued liabilities. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from financing arrangements. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from intangible assets other than goodwill. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences classified as other. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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