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Other Financial Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Additional Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]  
Other financial information
Other Financial Information
Assets Held for Sale
Assets held for sale includes several assets that we expect to sell within the next twelve months. On January 22, 2018, we entered into an agreement to sell a block of Internet Protocol Addresses for aggregate consideration of $68 million, which is to be paid in two equal installments. In addition, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") approved our acquisition of Level 3 subject to conditions of a consent decree on October 2, 2017, which requires the combined company to divest certain Level 3 metro network assets in the markets located in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Boise, Idaho; and Tucson, Arizona and to divest dark fiber connecting 30 specified city-pairs across the United States in the form of an Indefeasible Right of Use agreement. As of the date of this report, we have signed two letters of intent that the DOJ is reviewing.
Other Current Assets
The following table presents details of other current assets in our consolidated balance sheets:
 
As of December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
(Dollars in millions)
Prepaid expenses
$
294

 
206

Income tax receivable
258

 
51

Materials, supplies and inventory
128

 
134

Deferred activation and installation charges
128

 
101

Other
133

 
55

Total other current assets
$
941

 
547


Selected Current Liabilities
Current liabilities reflected in our consolidated balance sheets include accounts payable and other current liabilities as follows:
 
As of December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
(Dollars in millions)
Accounts payable
$
1,555

 
1,179

Other current liabilities:
 
 
 
Accrued rent
$
34

 
31

Legal contingencies
45

 
30

Other
265

 
152

Total other current liabilities
$
344

 
213


Included in accounts payable at December 31, 2017 and 2016, were (i) $36 million and $56 million, respectively, representing book overdrafts and (ii) $225 million and $196 million, respectively, associated with capital expenditures.