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Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
For the three months ended September 28, 2019, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $7 million, consisting primarily of $4 million of withholding taxes and $3 million of foreign income taxes in profitable locations. For the three months ended September 29, 2018, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $12 million, consisting of $7 million for withholding taxes and $5 million for U.S. income taxes.
For the nine months ended September 28, 2019, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $4 million, consisting primarily of a $13 million tax benefit as a result of the completion of an internal tax structuring, partially offset by $5 million of withholding taxes and $4 million of foreign income taxes in profitable locations. For the nine months ended September 29, 2018, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $26 million, consisting of $15 million for U.S. taxes, $7 million for withholding taxes and $4 million of foreign income taxes in profitable locations.
As of September 28, 2019, substantially all of the Company’s U.S. and Canadian deferred tax assets, net of deferred tax liabilities, continue to be subject to a valuation allowance. The realization of these assets is dependent on substantial future taxable income which, as of September 28, 2019, in management’s estimate, is not more likely than not to be achieved.