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General (Policies) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 26, 2025
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. The Company adopted the ASU effective January 1, 2024 on a retrospective basis. Refer to Note 5 for additional segment disclosures. 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. The Company adopted the ASU effective January 1, 2025. This accounting standard will increase the tax disclosures in the Company’s annual reporting but has no impact on reported income tax expense or related tax assets or liabilities. Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted—In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The ASU requires disclosure of disaggregated information about certain income statement expenses, including specific expense categories. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. This accounting standard will increase disclosures in the Company’s annual and interim reporting when adopted. In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Measurement of Credit Loss for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets. The ASU provides a practical expedient for the calculation of current expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and contract assets, allowing entities to assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date will persist through the forecast period. The ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025. The Company is assessing the impact of the ASU on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. The ASU updates the requirements for capitalization of internal-use software, removing all reference to prescriptive and sequential software development stages. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is assessing the impact of the ASU on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets | Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets—Prepaid expenses and other current assets primarily result from advance payments to vendors for goods 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 September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are primarily comprised of prepaid expenses of $639 million and $620 million, respectively, and taxes receivable for income and other taxes and deferred tax assets of $920 million and $853 million, respectively.
Operating Leases | Operating Leases—As of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, operating lease right-of-use assets where the Company was the lessee were approximately $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively, and are included within other long-term assets in the accompanying Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets. The associated operating lease liabilities were approximately $1.3 billion and $1.1 billion as of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and are included in accrued expenses and other liabilities and other long-term liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.

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