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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income taxes charged to income (loss)
Note 19—Income Taxes
Income taxes charged to net income (loss) were:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Income Taxes
Federal
Current
$
18
4
79
Deferred
(113)
545
(3,046)
Foreign
Current
2,545
3,273
1,729
Deferred
(323)
(166)
(510)
State and local
Current
148
108
51
Deferred
(8)
(96)
(125)
$
2,267
3,668
(1,822)
Components of deferred tax liabilities and assets
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary
 
differences between the carrying amounts of
assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes
 
and the amounts used for tax purposes.
 
Major components
of deferred tax liabilities and assets at December
 
31 were:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Deferred Tax Liabilities
PP&E and intangibles
$
8,660
8,004
Inventory
35
60
Deferred state income tax
-
61
Other
234
156
Total deferred tax liabilities
8,929
8,281
Deferred Tax Assets
Benefit plan accruals
542
641
Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental
 
costs
2,339
2,891
Investments in joint ventures
1,722
104
Other financial accruals and deferrals
777
330
Loss and credit carryforwards
8,968
2,378
Other
345
398
Total deferred tax assets
14,693
6,742
Less: valuation allowance
(10,214)
(3,040)
Net deferred tax assets
4,479
3,702
Net deferred tax liabilities
$
4,450
4,579
Components of loss and credit carryforwards and applicable valulation allowances
At December 31, 2019, the components of
 
our loss and credit carryforwards before and
 
after consideration of
the applicable valuation allowances were:
Millions of Dollars
Net Deferred
Expiration of
Gross Deferred
Tax Asset After
Net Deferred
Tax Asset
Valuation Allowance
Tax Asset
U.S. foreign tax credits
$
7,696
14
2028
U.S. general business credits
250
250
2036-2038
U.S. capital loss
202
32
2024
State net operating losses and tax credits
370
50
Various
Foreign net operating losses and tax credits
450
413
Post 2025
$
8,968
759
Reconciliation of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits
The following table shows a reconciliation
 
of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax
 
benefits for 2019,
2018 and 2017:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Balance at January 1
$
1,081
882
381
Additions based on tax positions related to the current
 
year
9
268
612
Additions for tax positions of prior years
120
43
109
Reductions for tax positions of prior years
(22)
(73)
(129)
Settlements
(9)
(35)
(5)
Lapse of statute
(2)
(4)
(86)
Balance at December 31
$
1,177
1,081
882
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
The amounts of U.S. and foreign income (loss)
 
before income taxes, with a reconciliation of tax
 
at the federal
statutory rate with the provision for income taxes,
 
were:
Millions of Dollars
Percent of Pre-Tax Income (Loss)
2019
2018
2017
2019
2018
2017
Income (loss) before income taxes
United States
$
4,704
2,867
(5,250)
49.4
%
28.7
200.8
Foreign
4,820
7,106
2,635
50.6
71.3
(100.8)
$
9,524
9,973
(2,615)
100.0
%
100.0
100.0
Federal statutory income tax
$
2,000
2,095
(915)
21.0
%
21.0
35.0
Non-U.S. effective tax rates
1,399
1,766
625
14.7
17.7
(23.9)
Tax Legislation
-
(10)
(852)
-
(0.1)
32.6
Canada disposition
-
-
(1,277)
-
-
48.8
U.K. disposition
(732)
(150)
-
(7.7)
(1.5)
-
Recovery of outside basis
(77)
(21)
(962)
(0.8)
(0.2)
36.8
Adjustment to tax reserves
9
(4)
881
0.1
-
(33.7)
Adjustment to valuation allowance
(225)
(26)
-
(2.4)
(0.3)
-
APLNG impairment
-
-
834
-
-
(31.9)
State income tax
123
135
(84)
1.3
1.4
3.2
Malaysia Deepwater Incentive
(164)
-
-
(1.7)
-
-
Enhanced oil recovery credit
(27)
(99)
(68)
(0.3)
(1.0)
2.6
Other
(39)
(18)
(4)
(0.4)
(0.2)
0.2
$
2,267
3,668
(1,822)
23.8
%
36.8
69.7