Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Investment in Charter Accounted for Using the Equity Method (Tables)

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Investment in Charter Accounted for Using the Equity Method (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Investment in Charter Accounted for Using the Equity Method  
Schedule of allocation of excess basis within memo accounts used for equity accounting purposes

The excess basis in our investment in Charter of $8,981 million as of June 30, 2021 is allocated within memo accounts used for equity method accounting purposes as follows (amounts in millions):

June 30,

December 31,

2021

2020

Property and equipment

    

$

706

733

Customer relationships

 

2,649

2,726

Franchise fees

 

3,784

3,693

Trademarks

 

29

29

Goodwill

 

4,039

3,934

Debt

 

(584)

(602)

Deferred income tax liability

 

(1,642)

(1,641)

$

8,981

8,872

Summary of financial information for Charter

Summarized unaudited financial information for Charter is as follows (amounts in millions):

Charter condensed consolidated balance sheets

    

June 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

 

Current assets

$

4,682

3,909

Property and equipment, net

 

34,206

34,357

Goodwill

 

29,554

29,554

Intangible assets, net

 

72,109

72,937

Other assets

 

3,475

3,449

Total assets

$

144,026

144,206

Current liabilities

$

10,038

9,875

Deferred income taxes

 

18,678

18,108

Long-term debt

 

86,962

81,744

Other liabilities

 

4,262

4,198

Equity

 

24,086

30,281

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

144,026

144,206

Charter condensed consolidated statements of operations

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30,

June 30,

2021

2020

2021

2020

Revenue

$

12,802

11,696

25,324

23,434

Cost and expenses:

Operating costs and expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

 

7,882

7,297

15,593

14,729

Depreciation and amortization

 

2,354

2,428

4,795

4,925

Other operating expenses, net

 

(9)

2

293

9

10,227

9,727

20,681

19,663

Operating income

2,575

1,969

4,643

3,771

Interest expense, net

 

(1,004)

(957)

(1,987)

(1,937)

Other income (expense), net

(132)

30

(80)

(296)

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

(281)

(166)

(497)

(195)

Net income (loss)

1,158

876

2,079

1,343

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

(138)

(110)

(252)

(181)

Net income (loss) attributable to Charter shareholders

$

1,020

766

1,827

1,162