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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Earnings Before Income Taxes and Provision for Income Taxes
Earnings (losses) before income taxes and provision (benefit) for income taxes consisted of the following:
For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions)202420232022
Earnings (losses) before income taxes:
United States$13,680 $10,971 $7,628 
Outside United States(22)(43)(239)
Total$13,658 $10,928 $7,389 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes:
Current:
Federal$927 $2,346 $1,968 
State and local516 681 603 
Outside United States 
1,443 3,028 2,572 
Deferred:
Federal764 (133)(893)
State and local187 (97)(54)
951 (230)(947)
Total provision for income taxes$2,394 $2,798 $1,625 
Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits was as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions)202420232022
Balance at beginning of year$1,608 $69 $53 
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year 1,548 
Additions for tax positions of prior years33 — 16 
Reductions for tax positions related to IRS Agreement(1,343)— — 
Reductions for tax positions of prior years(16)(6)— 
Tax settlements (3)(1)
Balance at end of year$282 $1,608 $69 
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate and U.S. Federal Statutory Rate
A reconciliation between actual income taxes and amounts computed by applying the federal statutory rate to earnings before income taxes was as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31,
202420232022
(dollars in millions)$%$%$%
U.S. federal statutory rate$2,868 21.0 %$2,295 21.0 %$1,552 21.0 %
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit557 4.1 463 4.2 435 5.9 
Tax basis in foreign investments(11)(0.1)34 0.3 11 0.1 
Uncertain tax positions(15)(0.1)0.1 — — 
Investment in ABI(35)(0.3)(37)(0.3)(24)(0.3)
Investment in JUUL  53 0.5 306 4.1 
Investment in Cronos3  11 0.1 30 0.4 
Valuation allowance releases(939)(6.9)— — (664)(9.0)
Other(34)(0.2)(29)(0.3)(21)(0.2)
Effective tax rate$2,394 17.5 %$2,798 25.6 %$1,625 22.0 %
Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities
The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following at December 31:
(in millions)20242023
Deferred income tax assets:
Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits$270 $302 
Settlement charges585 644 
JUUL-related losses207 2,028 
Investment in Cronos404 397 
IQOS deferred gain
 691 
Research and development costs112 86 
Net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards224 217 
Other 39 
Total deferred income tax assets1,802 4,404 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment(235)(237)
Intangible assets(3,032)(3,210)
Investment in ABI(1,370)(1,391)
Accrued pension costs(108)(81)
Other(133)— 
Total deferred income tax liabilities(4,878)(4,919)
Valuation allowances(668)(2,256)
Net deferred income tax liabilities$(3,744)$(2,771)
Summary of Valuation Allowance
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending valuation allowances was as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions)202420232022
Balance at beginning of year$2,256 $2,800 $3,097 
Additions to valuation allowance charged to income tax expense244 114 429 
Reductions to valuation allowance credited to income tax benefit(1,337)(6)(730)
(Reductions) additions to valuation allowance due to NJOY Transaction (no impact to earnings)(4)12 — 
Reductions to valuation allowance offset to deferred tax asset (no impact to earnings)(491)(663)— 
Foreign currency translation— (1)
Balance at end of year$668 $2,256 $2,800