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Income tax expense (benefit) allocated to other items was as follows:
2006 2005 2004
Year Ended December 31,
(in millions)
Discontinued operations ............................................... $234 $635 $647
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle .......................... — (10)
Unrecognized net periodic pension and postretirement benefit cost
(1)
.............. (4) (39) (17)
Unrealized (losses) gains on securities
(1)
................................... (48) 27 2
Unrealized (losses) gains on qualifying cash flow hedges
(1)
..................... 5 7 1
Stock ownership, purchase and option arrangements
(2)
........................ (1) (38) (25)
Cumulative effect of adoption of SAB No. 108 leases
(3)
..................... (31)
Goodwill, reduction of valuation allowance on acquired assets .................. (68) (18)
(1) These amounts have been recorded directly to shareholders’ equity accumulated other comprehensive
loss on the consolidated balance sheets.
(2) These amounts have been recorded directly to shareholders’ equity paid-in capital on the consolidated
balance sheets.
(3) This amount has been recorded directly to shareholders’ equity — retained earnings on the consolidated
balance sheet.
We recognize deferred income taxes for the temporary differences between the carrying amounts of our assets
and liabilities for financial statement purposes and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are also recorded for
operating loss, capital loss and tax credit carryforwards. The sources of the differences that give rise to the
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SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)