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)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 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 $9,210 million as of March 31, 2021 is allocated within memo accounts used for equity method accounting purposes as follows (amounts in millions):

March 31,

December 31,

2021

2020

Property and equipment

    

$

766

733

Customer relationships

 

2,769

2,726

Franchise fees

 

3,849

3,693

Trademarks

 

29

29

Goodwill

 

4,116

3,934

Debt

 

(626)

(602)

Deferred income tax liability

 

(1,693)

(1,641)

$

9,210

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

    

March 31, 2021

December 31, 2020

 

Current assets

$

3,663

3,909

Property and equipment, net

 

34,184

34,357

Goodwill

 

29,554

29,554

Intangible assets, net

 

72,507

72,937

Other assets

 

3,531

3,449

Total assets

$

143,439

144,206

Current liabilities

$

9,916

9,875

Deferred income taxes

 

18,227

18,108

Long-term debt

 

83,882

81,744

Other liabilities

 

4,233

4,198

Equity

 

27,181

30,281

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

143,439

144,206

Charter condensed consolidated statements of operations

Three months ended

March 31,

2021

2020

Revenue

$

12,522

11,738

Cost and expenses:

Operating costs and expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

 

7,711

7,432

Depreciation and amortization

 

2,441

2,497

Other operating expenses, net

 

302

7

10,454

9,936

Operating income

2,068

1,802

Interest expense, net

 

(983)

(980)

Other income (expense), net

52

(326)

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

(216)

(29)

Net income (loss)

921

467

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

(114)

(71)

Net income (loss) attributable to Charter shareholders

$

807

396