Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 six months ended June 30, 2022:

	Business		Mass Markets	Total
	(Dollars in millions)
As of December 31, 2021(1)	$	88	26	114
Provision for expected losses	19		37	56
Write-offs charged against the allowance	(32)		(49)	(81)
Recoveries collected	8		1	9
Change in allowance in assets held for sale	—		5	5
Ending balance at June 30, 2022(1)	$	83	20	103

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(1)As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, these amounts exclude allowance for credit losses classified as held for sale of $19 million and $24 million, respectively. See Note 2—Recently Completed Divestiture of the Latin American Business and Planned Divestiture of ILEC Business.