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)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 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 $9,115 million as of September 30, 2021 is allocated within memo accounts used for equity method accounting purposes as follows (amounts in millions):

September 30,

December 31,

2021

2020

Property and equipment

    

$

709

733

Customer relationships

 

2,638

2,726

Franchise fees

 

3,867

3,693

Trademarks

 

29

29

Goodwill

 

4,113

3,934

Debt

 

(578)

(602)

Deferred income tax liability

 

(1,663)

(1,641)

$

9,115

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

    

September 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

 

Current assets

$

3,498

3,909

Property and equipment, net

 

34,179

34,357

Goodwill

 

29,554

29,554

Intangible assets, net

 

71,741

72,937

Other assets

 

3,523

3,449

Total assets

$

142,495

144,206

Current liabilities

$

12,237

9,875

Deferred income taxes

 

18,980

18,108

Long-term debt

 

85,376

81,744

Other liabilities

 

4,376

4,198

Equity

 

21,526

30,281

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

142,495

144,206

Charter condensed consolidated statements of operations

Three months ended

    

Nine months ended

September 30,

September 30,

2021

2020

2021

2020

Revenue

$

13,146

12,039

38,470

35,473

Cost and expenses:

Operating costs and expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

 

7,958

7,483

23,551

22,212

Depreciation and amortization

 

2,270

2,370

7,065

7,295

Other operating expenses, net

 

(9)

14

284

23

10,219

9,867

30,900

29,530

Operating income

2,927

2,172

7,570

5,943

Interest expense, net

 

(1,016)

(946)

(3,003)

(2,883)

Other income (expense), net

(157)

(117)

(237)

(413)

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

(347)

(177)

(844)

(372)

Net income (loss)

1,407

932

3,486

2,275

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

(190)

(118)

(442)

(299)

Net income (loss) attributable to Charter shareholders

$

1,217

814

3,044

1,976