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Ebay Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 2/4/21, at 4:15pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1065088-21-6   ·   File #:  1-37713

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 2/04/21  Ebay Inc.                         10-K       12/31/20  134:17M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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                Liquidation or Succession                                        
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                Section 302                                                      
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                Section 302                                                      
 8: EX-32.01    Certification of Registrant's CEO as Required by    HTML     37K 
                Section 906                                                      
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                Section 906                                                      
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17: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheet                          HTML    155K 
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31: R16         Fair Value Measurement of Assets and Liabilities    HTML    111K 
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38: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML    129K 
39: R24         Interest and Other, Net                             HTML     51K 
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41: R26         Restructuring                                       HTML     43K 
42: R27         Supplementary Data - Quarterly Financial Data -     HTML    110K 
                Unaudited                                                        
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                Policies (Policies)                                              
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52: R37         Fair Value Measurement of Assets and Liabilities    HTML    110K 
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61: R46         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     42K 
62: R47         Supplementary Data - Quarterly Financial Data -     HTML    109K 
                Unaudited (Tables)                                               
63: R48         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     51K 
                Policies - The Company (Details)                                 
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                Policies - Revenue Recognition (Details)                         
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                Policies - Internal Use Software and Platform                    
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                Policies - Leases (Details)                                      
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                Policies - Provision for Credit Losses and                       
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                Policies - Property and Equipment (Details)                      
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                Information (Details)                                            
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                Liabilities (Details)                                            
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                Instruments (Details)                                            
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                Contracts on Accumulated Other Comprehensive                     
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                Contracts on Condensed Consolidated Financial                    
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                Derivatives Outstanding (Details)                                
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                Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair                
                Value, Recurring (Details)                                       
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                Assets Measured Valued Using Unobservable Inputs                 
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                Quantitative Information About Level 3 Significant               
                Inputs (Details)                                                 
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                Other Current Liabilities (Details)                              
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Debt (Details)                                                   
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                Location (Details)                                               
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                Information (Details)                                            
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110: R95         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     72K  
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111: R96         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Repurchase        HTML     64K  
                Activity (Details)                                               
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                (Details)                                                        
113: R98         Employee Benefit Plans - Deferred Stock Units       HTML     48K  
                (Details)                                                        
114: R99         Employee Benefit Plans - Employee Stock Purchase    HTML     52K  
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116: R101        Employee Benefit Plans - Restricted Stock Units     HTML     67K  
                (Details)                                                        
117: R102        Employee Benefit Plans - Stock Based Compensation   HTML     55K  
                Expense (Details)                                                
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Provision for Income Taxes (Details)                             
120: R105        Income Taxes - Income Tax Reconciliation (Details)  HTML     66K  
121: R106        Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred     HTML     67K  
                Tax Liabilities (Details)                                        
122: R107        Income Taxes - Tax Credit Carryforwards (Details)   HTML     65K  
123: R108        Income Taxes - Changes Unrecognized Tax Benefits    HTML     48K  
                (Details)                                                        
124: R109        Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax Benefits -          HTML     48K  
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
125: R110        Interest and Other, Net (Details)                   HTML     73K  
126: R111        Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income - Changes    HTML     88K  
                in Accumulated Balances of Other Comprehensive                   
                Income (Details)                                                 
127: R112        Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income -            HTML     81K  
                Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other                       
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
128: R113        Restructuring (Details)                             HTML     44K  
129: R114        Supplementary Data - Quarterly Financial Data -     HTML    106K  
                Unaudited (Details)                                              
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 2/28/24  eBay Inc.                         10-K       12/31/23  150:17M
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10/29/20  eBay Inc.                         10-Q        9/30/20   88:12M
 7/29/20  eBay Inc.                         10-Q        6/30/20   93:14M
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 6/15/20  eBay Inc.                         8-K:8,9     6/15/20   15:642K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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10/24/19  eBay Inc.                         10-Q®       9/30/19   94:12M
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 7/18/19  eBay Inc.                         10-Q        6/30/19   96:12M
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 6/06/17  eBay Inc.                         8-K:8,9     6/06/17    5:513K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/21/16  eBay Inc.                         10-Q        6/30/16   82:9.6M
 4/27/16  eBay Inc.                         8-K:5,9     4/27/16    2:227K
 4/27/16  eBay Inc.                         10-Q        3/31/16   84:8.9M
 3/09/16  eBay Inc.                         8-K:8,9     3/09/16    5:364K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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11/12/15  eBay Inc.                         8-K:1,8,9  11/09/15    2:959K
 7/21/15  eBay Inc.                         10-Q        6/30/15   91:11M
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 5/05/15  eBay Inc.                         8-K:5,9     5/01/15    2:98K
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