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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

NOTE 3 — INCOME TAXES

Our provisions for income taxes for the quarters ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were $515 million and $424 million, respectively, and the effective tax rates were 23.9% and 25.0%, respectively. Our provisions for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were $1.541 billion and $1.419 billion, respectively, and the effective tax rates were 23.9% and 24.7%, respectively. The decline in the effective tax rate for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2025 is related primarily to adjustments to our liability for unrecognized tax benefits. Our provisions for income taxes included tax benefits related to settlements of employee equity awards of $45 million and $93 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”), which was enacted on July 4, 2025, makes numerous tax changes, including reinstatement of 100% bonus depreciation for qualifying property placed in service after January 19, 2025, that we expect to change the timing of cash tax payments made in 2025 and future tax years. We do not expect the tax provisions of the OBBBA will have a material impact on our effective tax rate.

Our gross unrecognized tax benefits were $515 million, excluding accrued interest and penalties of $143 million, as of September 30, 2025 ($504 million and $115 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2024). Unrecognized tax benefits of $332 million ($295 million as of December 31, 2024) would affect the effective rate, if recognized.

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) concluded its examination of the Company's 2022 and 2023 income tax returns during the quarter ended September 30, 2025, resolving all federal income tax matters for those years. Completion of the examination had no material impact on our results of operations or financial position. At September 30, 2025, the IRS was examining the 2019 income tax returns of certain affiliates. Depending on the resolution of any federal, state and foreign tax disputes, the completion of examinations by federal, state or foreign taxing authorities, or the expiration of statutes of limitation for specific taxing jurisdictions, we believe it is reasonably possible that our liability for unrecognized tax benefits may significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months. However, we are currently unable to estimate the range of any possible change.