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Accrued Liabilities and Other (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accrued Liabilities and Other Current Liabilities | Our accrued liabilities and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in millions):
| December 31, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022
Accrued purchases (1) | $ | 2,721 |  |  | $ | 2,747 |
Accrued warranty reserve, current portion | 1,546 |  |  | 1,025 |
Payroll and related costs | 1,325 |  |  | 1,026 |
Taxes payable (2) | 1,204 |  |  | 1,235 |
Customer deposits | 876 |  |  | 1,063 |
Operating lease liabilities, current portion | 672 |  |  | 485 |
Sales return reserve, current portion | 219 |  |  | 270 |
Other current liabilities | 517 |  |  | 354 |
Total | $ | 9,080 |  |  | $ | 8,205 |
(1)Accrued purchases primarily reflects receipts of goods and services for which we had not yet been invoiced. As we are invoiced for these goods and services, this balance will reduce and accounts payable will increase. (2)Taxes payable includes value added tax, income tax, sales tax, property tax and use tax payables.

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