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Amount of deferred tax assets related to share based compensation for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Estimated income tax expense if change in intention to permanently reinvest cash, cash equivalents and intercompany deposits, principally in subsidiaries.

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Income tax expense (benefit) recognized in connection with intercompany legal entity restructurings.

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The sum of the current income tax expense (benefit) and the deferred income tax expense (benefit) recognized in connection with the settlement of tax matters in other jurisdictions.

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Amount of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries intended to be permanently reinvested outside the country of domicile.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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