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INCOME TAXES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Taxes Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes Disclosure	12. INCOME TAXES For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded income tax provisions of $249 million and $379 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded income tax provisions of $828 million and $920 million, respectively. The effective tax rates were 31.9% for both the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and 36.9% and 35.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The income tax provisions and the effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 include a benefit of $59 million related to state and local tax matters, including $27 million resulting from income tax reform legislation enacted in North Carolina, which, along with other changes, phases in a reduction in North Carolina's corporate income tax rate over several years. The income tax provisions and the effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 include a benefit of $63 million related to a change in the tax rate applied to calculate the Company's net deferred income tax liability as a result of an internal reorganization effective on September 30, 2012 and a benefit of $46 million related to the reversal of a valuation allowance against a deferred income tax asset associated with the Company's investment in Clearwire Corporation (“Clearwire”).

INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

12. INCOME TAXES

For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded income tax provisions of $249 million and $379 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded income tax provisions of $828 million and $920 million, respectively. The effective tax rates were 31.9% for both the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and 36.9% and 35.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The income tax provisions and the effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 include a benefit of $59 million related to state and local tax matters, including $27 million resulting from income tax reform legislation enacted in North Carolina, which, along with other changes, phases in a reduction in North Carolina's corporate income tax rate over several years.

The income tax provisions and the effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 include a benefit of $63 million related to a change in the tax rate applied to calculate the Company's net deferred income tax liability as a result of an internal reorganization effective on September 30, 2012 and a benefit of $46 million related to the reversal of a valuation allowance against a deferred income tax asset associated with the Company's investment in Clearwire Corporation (“Clearwire”).

- Definition

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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