pre_text: 4.11 Income Taxes The following table reconciles the amount of reported income taxes in the income statements with income taxes calculated at a statutory income tax rate of 27.0% for both 2019 and 2018. Income taxes in 2019 increased by $138 million, compared to 2018, mainly due to higher taxable income and a lower value of uncertain tax positions favourably resolved in 2019 compared to 2018, partly offset by a favourable change in the corporate income tax rate in Alberta in Q2 2019.
table: FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 2019 2018
table: Net earnings 3,253 2,973
table: Add back income taxes 1,133 995
table: Earnings before income taxes 4,386 3,968
table: Applicable statutory tax rate 27.0% 27.0%
table: Income taxes computed at applicable statutory rates (1,184) (1,071)
table: Non-taxable portion of gains (losses) on investments 4 (9)
table: Uncertain tax positions 15 68
table: Effect of change in provincial corporate tax rate 27 –
table: Change in estimate relating to prior periods 14 20
table: Non-taxable portion of equity losses (20) (10)
table: Previously unrecognized tax benefits 9 –
table: Other 2 7
table: Total income taxes (1,133) (995)
table: Average effective tax rate 25.8% 25.1%
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What is the change in the applicable statutory tax rate from 2018 to 2019?