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Income Taxes Income Tax
9 Months Ended
Jul. 03, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] Income Taxes
Interim Period Tax Expense
Because of the uncertainties associated with the impact of COVID-19 on our projections of full-year pre-tax earnings and income tax expense, as well as the projected impact of permanent tax differences and other items that are generally not
proportional to full-year earnings (“Permanent Differences”), our normal approach of using an estimated full-year effective income tax rate to determine interim period tax expense produces an income tax provision for the current year-to-date period that is not meaningful. Accordingly, we calculated year-to-date fiscal 2021 tax expense based on year-to-date earnings before tax and using a blended U.S. Federal and state statutory tax rate of approximately 23%, and adjusted for the estimated impact of Permanent Differences.
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
During the nine months ended July 3, 2021, the Company decreased its gross unrecognized tax benefits by $0.2 billion from $2.7 billion to $2.5 billion (before interest and penalties). In the next twelve months, it is reasonably possible that our unrecognized tax benefits could change due to resolutions of open tax matters, which would reduce our unrecognized tax benefits by $0.4 billion.