pre_text: Deferred taxes arise because of differences in the book and tax bases of certain assets and liabilities. Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows: At December 31, 2019, undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries indefinitely invested outside the U.S. amounted to approximately $3.8 billion. The majority of Verizon’s cash flow is generated from domestic operations and we are not dependent on foreign cash or earnings to meet our funding requirements, nor do we intend to repatriate these undistributed foreign earnings to fund U.S. operations. Furthermore, a portion of these undistributed earnings represents amounts that legally must be kept in reserve in accordance with certain foreign jurisdictional requirements and are unavailable for distribution or repatriation. As a result, we have not provided U.S. deferred taxes on these undistributed earnings because we intend that they will remain indefinitely reinvested outside of the U.S. and therefore unavailable for use in funding U.S. operations. Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred taxes related to these undistributed earnings is not practicable. At December 31, 2019, we had net after-tax loss and credit carry forwards for income tax purposes of approximately $3.0 billion that primarily relate to state and foreign taxes. Of these net after-tax loss and credit carry forwards, approximately $2.0 billion will expire between 2020 and 2039 and approximately $1.0 billion may be carried forward indefinitely. During 2019, the valuation allowance decreased approximately $481 million. The balance of the valuation allowance at December 31, 2019 and the 2019 activity is primarily related to state and foreign taxes.
table: (dollars in millions)
table: At December 31, 2019 2018
table: Deferred Tax Assets
table: Employee benefits $ 5,048 $ 5,403
table: Tax loss and credit carry forwards 3,012 3,576
table: Other – assets 5,595 1,650
table: 13,655 10,629
table: Valuation allowances (2,260) (2,741)
table: Deferred tax assets 11,395 7,888
table: Deferred Tax Liabilities
table: Spectrum and other intangible amortization 22,388 21,976
table: Depreciation 16,884 15,662
table: Other—liabilities 6,742 3,976
table: Deferred tax liabilities 46,014 41,614
table: Net deferred tax liability $ 34,619 $ 33,726
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the average other assets for 2018 and 2019?