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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Earnings From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes | Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes for the years ended December 31 were as follows ($ in millions):
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
United States | $ | 2,500 |  |  | $ | 1,655 |  |  | $ | 854 |
Non-U.S. | 5,098 |  |  | 2,840 |  |  | 2,451 |
Total | $ | 7,598 |  |  | $ | 4,495 |  |  | $ | 3,305 |
Schedule Of Provision For Income Taxes | The provision for income taxes from continuing operations for the years ended December 31 were as follows ($ in millions):
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal U.S. | $ | 183 |  |  | $ | (321) |  |  | $ | 453 |
Non-U.S. | 1,134 |  |  | 580 |  |  | 800 |
State and local | 163 |  |  | 72 |  |  | 35 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
Federal U.S. | (156) |  |  | 530 |  |  | (297) |
Non-U.S. | (23) |  |  | (16) |  |  | (128) |
State and local | (50) |  |  | 4 |  |  | 10 |
Income tax provision | $ | 1,251 |  |  | $ | 849 |  |  | $ | 873 |
Schedule Of Deferred Income Tax | Deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of December 31 were as follows ($ in millions):
| 2021 |  | 2020
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 24 |
Inventories | 93 |  |  | 99 |
Pension and postretirement benefits | 105 |  |  | 259 |
Environmental and regulatory compliance | 38 |  |  | 27 |
Other accruals and prepayments | 348 |  |  | 341 |
Stock-based compensation expense | 76 |  |  | 68 |
Operating lease liabilities | 252 |  |  | 215 |
Tax credit and loss carryforwards | 544 |  |  | 569 |
Valuation allowances | (242) |  |  | (264) |
Total deferred tax asset | 1,233 |  |  | 1,338 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment | (79) |  |  | (50) |
Insurance, including self-insurance | (520) |  |  | (713) |
Basis difference in LYONs | — |  |  | (11) |
Operating lease right-of-use assets | (235) |  |  | (204) |
Goodwill and other intangibles | (3,962) |  |  | (3,814) |
Total deferred tax liability | (4,796) |  |  | (4,792) |
Net deferred tax liability | $ | (3,563) |  |  | $ | (3,454) |
Reconciliation Of The Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate To The Effective Tax Rate | The effective income tax rate from continuing operations for the years ended December 31 varies from the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate as follows:
| Percentage of Pretax Earnings
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Statutory federal income tax rate | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | %
Increase (decrease) in tax rate resulting from: |  |  |  |  |
State income taxes (net of federal income tax benefit) | 1.1 | % |  | 1.1 | % |  | 0.8 | %
Non-U.S. rate differential | (2.0) | % |  | (1.6) | % |  | (1.4) | %
Resolution and expiration of statutes of limitation of uncertain tax positions | (3.0) | % |  | (0.7) | % |  | (2.1) | %
Research credits, uncertain tax positions and other | 0.5 | % |  | 0.7 | % |  | 9.3 | %
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation | (1.1) | % |  | (1.6) | % |  | (1.2) | %
Effective income tax rate | 16.5 | % |  | 18.9 | % |  | 26.4 | %
Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding amounts accrued for potential interest and penalties related to both continuing and discontinued operations, is as follows ($ in millions):
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of year | $ | 1,175 |  |  | $ | 1,181 |  |  | $ | 986 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 47 |  |  | 47 |  |  | 71 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 166 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 197 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (100) |  |  | (20) |  |  | (16) |
Acquisitions, divestitures and other | 53 |  |  | (30) |  |  | 7 |
Lapse of statute of limitations | (219) |  |  | (13) |  |  | (51) |
Settlements | (4) |  |  | (38) |  |  | (12) |
Effect of foreign currency translation | (23) |  |  | 24 |  |  | (1) |
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of year | $ | 1,095 |  |  | $ | 1,175 |  |  | $ | 1,181 |

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