Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Credit Loss [Abstract]

Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss

The following table presents the activity of our allowance for credit losses by accounts receivable portfolio for the three months ended March 31, 2022:

	Business		Mass Markets	Total
	(Dollars in millions)
As of December 31, 2021(1)	$	88	26	114
Provision for expected losses	8		17	25
Write-offs charged against the allowance	(13)		(22)	(35)
Recoveries collected	3		1	4
Change in allowance in assets held for sale	(1)		4	3
Ending balance at March 31, 2022(1)	$	85	26	111

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(1)As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, these amounts exclude allowance for credit losses classified as held for sale of $21 million and $24 million, respectively. See Note 2—Planned Divestiture of the Latin American and ILEC Businesses.