Supplemental Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Supplemental Financial Information

Summary of activity of allowance for doubtful accounts

(in millions)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	228
Impact of adopting ASU 2016-13		7
Provisions/charges to income		88
Amounts charged off and other deductions		(35)
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	288

Schedule of long-term investments

	December 31,		December 31,
(in millions)	2020		2019
Long-term Investments:
Equity securities	$	776	$	836
Other		45		47
Total	$	821	$	883

Schedule of other accrued liabilities

	December 31,		December 31,
(in millions)	2020		2019
Other Accrued Liabilities:
Accrued rebates payable to government agencies	$	316	$	212
Accrued other rebates (a)		805		655
All other		4,044		3,168
Total	$	5,165	$	4,035

(a) Accrued wholesaler chargeback rebates of $178 million and $175 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, are netted in trade receivables because Abbott’s customers are invoiced at a higher catalog price but only remit to Abbott their contract price for the products.

Schedule of post-employment obligations and other long-term liabilities

	December 31,		December 31,
(in millions)	2020		2019
Post-employment Obligations and Other Long-term Liabilities:
Defined benefit pension plans and post-employment medical and dental plans for significant plans	$	3,119	$	2,817
Deferred income taxes		1,406		1,546
Operating lease liabilities		902		755
All other (b)		3,684		3,944
Total	$	9,111	$	9,062

(b) Includes approximately $740 million and $580 million of net unrecognized tax benefits in 2020 and 2019, respectively.