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General (Policies) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 28, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Accounting Standards Recently Adopted and Not Yet Adopted | Accounting Standards Recently Adopted—In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The ASU requires additional disclosures about reportable segments’ significant expenses on an interim and annual basis. On January 1, 2024, the Company adopted the ASU and it will first apply to the Company’s annual disclosures for the year ending December 31, 2024, which the Company is in the process of drafting. Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted—In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The ASU expands disclosures in the income tax rate reconciliations table and cash taxes paid and is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is assessing the impact of the ASU on the Company’s disclosures.
Operating Leases | Operating Leases—As of June 28, 2024 and December 31, 2023, operating lease right-of-use assets where the Company was the lessee were approximately $1.1 billion and are included within other long-term assets in the accompanying Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets. The associated operating lease liabilities were approximately $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion as of June 28, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and are included in accrued expenses and other liabilities and other long-term liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.
Contingencies | Contingencies—The Company reviews the adequacy of its legal reserves on a quarterly basis and establishes reserves for loss contingencies that are both probable and reasonably estimable. For a further description of the Company’s litigation and contingencies, refer to Note 18 of the Company’s financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Company’s 2023 Annual Report.
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Asset | Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets—Prepaid expenses and other current assets primarily result from advance payments to vendors for good and services which are capitalized until the related goods are received or services are performed and advance payments to tax authorities. The Company’s prepaid expenses and other current assets balances as of June 28, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are primarily comprised of prepaid expenses of $581 million and $771 million, respectively, and taxes receivable for income and other taxes of $613 million and $715 million, respectively.

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