Excess Tax Benefits Recognized in the provision for income taxes as a result of adoption of ASU 2016-09

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Amount of cash inflow from realized tax benefit related to deductible compensation cost reported on the entity's tax return for equity instruments in excess of the compensation cost for those instruments recognized for financial reporting purposes.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
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Amount of cash outflow for realized tax benefit related to deductible compensation cost reported on the entity's tax return for equity instruments in excess of the compensation cost for those instruments recognized for financial reporting purposes.

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Amount of cash outflow to satisfy an employee's income tax withholding obligation as part of a net-share settlement of a share-based award.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 25
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
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Recent Accounting Guidance (Details) - Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	4 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Successor [Member]
Excess Tax Benefits Recognized	$ 2
Predecessor [Member]
Excess Tax Benefits Recognized		$ 30
Excess Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation, Operating Activities			$ 27	$ 74
Excess Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation, Financing Activities			27	74
Cash Flows from Operating Activities [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Payments Related to Tax Withholding for Share-based Compensation			30	32
Cash Flows from Financing Activities [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Payments Related to Tax Withholding for Share-based Compensation			$ 30	$ 32