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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense
Following is the composition of income tax expense:
202420232022
Current:
Federal(1)
$3,312.0 $3,017.9 $2,153.6 
Foreign1,430.3 613.0 547.7 
State31.2 24.3 45.5 
Total current tax expense4,773.5 3,655.2 2,746.8 
Deferred:
Federal(2,178.7)(2,369.0)(1,992.4)
Foreign(473.1)34.2 (78.2)
State(31.3)(6.2)(114.6)
Total deferred tax benefit(2,683.1)(2,341.0)(2,185.2)
Income taxes$2,090.4 $1,314.2 $561.6 
(1) The 2024, 2023, and 2022 current tax expense includes $129.9 million, $69.3 million, and $189.5 million of tax benefit, respectively, from utilization of net operating loss and other tax carryforwards.
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31 were as follows:
20242023
Deferred tax assets:
Capitalized research and development$4,598.7 $2,997.5 
Purchases of intangible assets1,781.4 1,981.9 
Sales rebates and discounts1,775.7 1,632.5 
Correlative tax adjustments1,604.3 1,031.3 
Tax loss and other tax carryforwards
586.9 527.2 
Tax credit carryforwards577.0 577.0 
Compensation and benefits565.2 521.4 
Foreign tax redeterminations334.8 323.7 
Operating lease liabilities240.5 253.3 
Other358.6 463.4 
Total gross deferred tax assets12,423.1 10,309.2 
Valuation allowances(963.7)(913.5)
Total deferred tax assets11,459.4 9,395.7 
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangibles(1,176.4)(1,338.2)
Earnings of foreign subsidiaries(773.1)(796.6)
Prepaid employee benefits(611.0)(460.6)
Property and equipment(557.6)(495.2)
Operating lease assets(219.1)(237.1)
Financial instruments(137.3)(75.1)
Inventories(58.2)(619.5)
Total deferred tax liabilities(3,532.7)(4,022.3)
Deferred tax assets - net$7,926.7 $5,373.4 
Schedule of Cash Payments Relating to Income Taxes and Tax Act Toll Tax
Cash payments of U.S. federal, state, and foreign income taxes, net of refunds, were as follows:
202420232022
Cash payments of income taxes$6,562.1 $5,558.8 $2,672.9 
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
Following is a reconciliation of the consolidated income tax expense applying the U.S. federal statutory rate to income before income taxes to reported consolidated income tax expense:
202420232022
Income tax at the U.S. federal statutory tax rate$2,662.9 $1,376.5 $1,429.3 
Add (deduct):
Non-deductible acquired IPR&D(1)
566.0 677.2 68.3 
Foreign-derived intangible income deduction(307.0)(236.7)(287.5)
International operations, including Puerto Rico(2)
(302.1)(187.1)(299.5)
General business credits(290.6)(258.0)(155.0)
Stock-based compensation(3)
(184.7)(79.9)(48.9)
Valuation allowance release(23.9)(4.2)(116.4)
Other(30.2)26.4 (28.7)
Income taxes$2,090.4 $1,314.2 $561.6 
(1) Non-deductible acquired IPR&D was primarily related to the acquisitions of Morphic in 2024, and DICE, Versanis, and Emergence in 2023. See Note 3 for additional information related to acquisitions.
(2) Includes the impact of GILTI tax, Puerto Rico Excise Tax (for 2022), and other U.S. taxation of foreign income.
(3) Includes excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation and non-deductible stock-based compensation.
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
202420232022
Beginning balance at January 1$3,395.0 $2,987.0 $2,798.3 
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year694.2 364.3 274.2 
Additions for tax positions of prior years41.7 78.2 34.6 
Reductions for tax positions of prior years(63.1)(39.0)(10.9)
Settlements(33.4)(4.7)(44.8)
Lapses of statutes of limitation(8.9)(21.5)(11.8)
Changes related to the impact of foreign currency translation(49.7)30.7 (52.6)
Ending balance at December 31$3,975.8 $3,395.0 $2,987.0