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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Provision for Income Taxes

Earnings / (losses) from continuing operations before income taxes and the provision for income taxes consisted of:

 

                                                        
     For the Years Ended December 31,  
     2016      2015      2014  
     (in millions)  

Earnings / (losses) from continuing operations
before income taxes:

        

United States

   $ (364    $ 43       $ (135

Outside United States

     1,818         7,841         2,689   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,454       $ 7,884       $ 2,554   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes:

        

United States federal:

        

Current

   $ (227    $ (90    $ (125

Deferred

     141         136         28   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (86      46         (97

State and local:

        

Current

     7         6         20   

Deferred

     8         (3      11   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     15         3         31   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total United States

     (71      49         (66
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Outside United States:

        

Current

     490         707         644   

Deferred

     (290      (163      (225
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total outside United States

     200         544         419   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total provision for income taxes

   $ 129       $ 593       $ 353   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Effective Income Tax Rate

The effective income tax rate on pre-tax earnings differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate for the following reasons:

 

                                                        
     For the Years Ended December 31,  
     2016      2015      2014  

U.S. federal statutory rate

     35.0%         35.0%         35.0%   

Increase / (decrease) resulting from:

        

State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit excluding IRS audit impacts

     0.8%         (0.1)%         0.3%   

Foreign rate differences

     (18.6)%         (2.5)%         (14.5)%   

Reversal of other tax accruals no longer required

     (7.7)%         (1.4)%         (10.5)%   

Tax accrual on investment in Keurig

     2.3%         –             –       

Tax legislation

     (4.0)%         (0.5)%         –       

Gains on coffee business transactions and divestitures

     –             (26.9)%         –       

Loss on deconsolidation of Venezuela

     –             3.5%         –       

Remeasurement of net monetary assets in Venezuela

     –             –             1.7%   

Non-deductible expenses

     0.9%         0.3%         1.5%   

Other

     0.2%         0.1%         0.3%   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

     8.9%         7.5%         13.8%   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities Temporary Differences

The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following:

 

                                     
     As of December 31,  
     2016      2015  
     (in millions)  

Deferred income tax assets:

     

Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits

   $ 214       $ 230   

Accrued pension costs

     370         414   

Other employee benefits

     237         265   

Accrued expenses

     379         343   

Loss carryforwards

     619         636   

Other

     331         352   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred income tax assets

     2,150         2,240   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Valuation allowance

     (310      (303
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred income tax assets

   $ 1,840       $ 1,937   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred income tax liabilities:

     

Intangible assets

   $ (5,174    $ (5,365

Property, plant and equipment

     (557      (636

Other

     (472      (409
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred income tax liabilities

     (6,203      (6,410
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred income tax liabilities

   $ (4,363    $ (4,473
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Unrecognized Tax Benefit

The changes in our unrecognized tax benefits were:

 

                                                        
     For the Years Ended December 31,  
     2016      2015      2014  
            (in millions)         

January 1

   $ 756       $ 852       $ 1,189   

Increases from positions taken during prior periods

     18         34         143   

Decreases from positions taken during prior periods

     (123      (74      (247

Increases from positions taken during the current period

     90         84         147   

Decreases relating to settlements with taxing authorities

     (75      (13      (203

Reductions resulting from the lapse of the applicable statute of limitations

     (43      (41      (64

Currency / other

     (13      (86      (113
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31

   $ 610       $ 756       $ 852