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Income Taxes | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 26, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Taxes | Income Taxes The components of income before income taxes are as follows:
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
U.S. |  | $ | 2,879 |  |  | $ | 2,557 |  |  | $ | 3,078 |
Foreign |  | 4,563 |  |  | 6,200 |  |  | 5,813 |
|  | $ | 7,442 |  |  | $ | 8,757 |  |  | $ | 8,891 |
The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:
| 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Current: | U.S. Federal | $ | 1,143 |  |  | $ | 1,364 |  |  | $ | 1,092 |
| Foreign | 773 |  |  | 851 |  |  | 807 |
| State | 65 |  |  | 210 |  |  | 124 |
|  | 1,981 |  |  | 2,425 |  |  | 2,023 |
Deferred: | U.S. Federal | (14 | ) |  | (33 | ) |  | 87 |
| Foreign | (32 | ) |  | (60 | ) |  | 11 |
| State | 6 |  |  | (133 | ) |  | (17 | )
|  | (40 | ) |  | (226 | ) |  | 81 |
|  | $ | 1,941 |  |  | $ | 2,199 |  |  | $ | 2,104 |
A reconciliation of the U.S. Federal statutory tax rate to our annual tax rate is as follows:
| 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
U.S. Federal statutory tax rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
State income tax, net of U.S. Federal tax benefit | 0.6 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 1.2 |
Lower taxes on foreign results | (10.5 | ) |  | (8.6 | ) |  | (8.8 | )
Impact of Venezuela impairment charges | 6.4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Tax settlements | (3.1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2.4 | )
Other, net | (2.3 | ) |  | (1.9 | ) |  | (1.3 | )
Annual tax rate | 26.1 | % |  | 25.1 | % |  | 23.7 | %
Deferred tax liabilities and assets are comprised of the following:
Deferred tax liabilities | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Debt guarantee of wholly-owned subsidiary | $ | 842 |  |  | $ | 842 |
Property, plant and equipment | 2,023 |  |  | 2,174 |
Intangible assets other than nondeductible goodwill | 3,920 |  |  | 4,068 |
Other | 299 |  |  | 264 |
Gross deferred tax liabilities | 7,084 |  |  | 7,348 |
Deferred tax assets |  |  |
Net carryforwards | 1,279 |  |  | 1,329 |
Share-based compensation | 240 |  |  | 265 |
Retiree medical benefits | 343 |  |  | 388 |
Other employee-related benefits | 547 |  |  | 646 |
Pension benefits | 424 |  |  | 263 |
Deductible state tax and interest benefits | 186 |  |  | 158 |
Other | 933 |  |  | 1,100 |
Gross deferred tax assets | 3,952 |  |  | 4,149 |
Valuation allowances | (1,136 | ) |  | (1,230 | )
Deferred tax assets, net | 2,816 |  |  | 2,919 |
Net deferred tax liabilities | $ | 4,268 |  |  | $ | 4,429 |
Deferred taxes are included within the following balance sheet accounts:
| 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Assets: |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | 691 |  |  | $ | 875 |
Liabilities: |  |  |
Deferred income taxes | $ | 4,959 |  |  | $ | 5,304 |
A summary of our valuation allowance activity is as follows:
| 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 1,230 |  |  | $ | 1,360 |  |  | $ | 1,233 |
(Benefit)/provision | (26 | ) |  | (25 | ) |  | 111 |
Other (deductions)/additions | (68 | ) |  | (105 | ) |  | 16 |
Balance, end of year | $ | 1,136 |  |  | $ | 1,230 |  |  | $ | 1,360 |
For additional unaudited information on our income tax policies, including our reserves for income taxes, see “Our Critical Accounting Policies” in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Reserves A number of years may elapse before a particular matter, for which we have established a reserve, is audited and finally resolved. The number of years with open tax audits varies depending on the tax jurisdiction. Our major taxing jurisdictions and the related open tax audits are as follows:
Jurisdiction |  | Years Open to Audit |  | Years Currently Under Audit
United States |  | 2010-2014 |  | None
Mexico |  | 2010-2014 |  | None
United Kingdom |  | 2013-2014 |  | None
Canada (Domestic) |  | 2011-2014 |  | 2011-2013
Canada (International) |  | 2008-2014 |  | 2008-2013
Russia |  | 2012-2014 |  | 2012-2014
While it is often difficult to predict the final outcome or the timing of resolution of any particular tax matter, we believe that our reserves reflect the probable outcome of known tax contingencies. We adjust these reserves, as well as the related interest, in light of changing facts and circumstances. Settlement of any particular issue would usually require the use of cash. Favorable resolution would be recognized as a reduction to our annual tax rate in the year of resolution. For further unaudited information on the impact of the resolution of open tax issues, see “Other Consolidated Results” in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. In the fourth quarter of 2015, we reached an agreement with the IRS resolving substantially all open matters related to the audits of taxable years 2010 and 2011 (two immaterial matters were still open as of December 26, 2015). The agreement resulted in a fourth quarter non-cash tax benefit totaling $230 million. In 2013, we reached an agreement with the IRS resolving all open matters related to the audits for taxable years 2003 through 2009. As a result, we made U.S. Federal net cash tax payments of $758 million, including interest. The settlement reduced our 2013 net cash provided by operating activities and our reserves for uncertain tax positions for the tax years 2003 through 2012 and resulted in a non-cash tax benefit of $209 million in 2013. In addition, payments for other U.S. Federal, state and local tax matters related to open tax years totaling $226 million were made in 2013. See additional unaudited information in “Items Affecting Comparability” in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. As of December 26, 2015, the total gross amount of reserves for income taxes, reported in other liabilities, was $1,547 million. We accrue interest related to reserves for income taxes in our provision for income taxes and any associated penalties are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses. The gross amount of interest accrued, reported in other liabilities, was $144 million as of December 26, 2015, of which $14 million of expense was recognized in 2015. The gross amount of interest accrued, reported in other liabilities, was $141 million as of December 27, 2014, of which $31 million of expense was recognized in 2014. A rollforward of our reserves for all federal, state and foreign tax jurisdictions, is as follows:
| 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 1,587 |  |  | $ | 1,268 |
Additions for tax positions related to the current year | 248 |  |  | 349 |
Additions for tax positions from prior years | 122 |  |  | 215 |
Reductions for tax positions from prior years | (261 | ) |  | (81 | )
Settlement payments | (78 | ) |  | (70 | )
Statutes of limitations expiration | (34 | ) |  | (42 | )
Translation and other | (37 | ) |  | (52 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 1,547 |  |  | $ | 1,587 |
Carryforwards and Allowances Operating loss carryforwards totaling $10.9 billion at year-end 2015 are being carried forward in a number of foreign and state jurisdictions where we are permitted to use tax operating losses from prior periods to reduce future taxable income. These operating losses will expire as follows: $0.2 billion in 2016, $9.8 billion between 2017 and 2035 and $0.9 billion may be carried forward indefinitely. We establish valuation allowances for our deferred tax assets if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Undistributed International Earnings As of December 26, 2015, we had approximately $40.2 billion of undistributed international earnings. We intend to continue to reinvest earnings outside the U.S. for the foreseeable future and, therefore, have not recognized any U.S. tax expense on these earnings. It is not practicable for us to determine the amount of unrecognized U.S. tax expense on these reinvested international earnings.

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