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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of 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,
			2020						2019						2018
			(in millions)
Earnings/(losses) from continuing operations before income taxes:
United States			$	514					$	751					$	(170)
Outside United States			2,869						2,696						3,012
			$	3,383					$	3,447					$	2,842
Provision for income taxes:
United States federal:
Current			$	440					$	145					$	(34)
Deferred			(82)						97						171
			358						242						137
State and local:
Current			98						29						23
Deferred			(7)						45						61
			91						74						84
Total United States			449						316						221
Outside United States:
Current			756						459						552
Deferred			19						(773)						—
Total outside United States			775						(314)						552
Total provision for income taxes			$	1,224					$	2					$	773

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The effective income tax rate on pre-tax earnings differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate as follows:

			For the Years Ended December 31,
			2020						2019						2018
U.S. federal statutory rate			21.0		%				21.0		%				21.0		%
Increase/(decrease) resulting from:
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit			1.6		%				1.3		%				0.4		%
Foreign rate differences			1.1		%				0.2		%				(1.9)		%
Changes in judgment on realizability of deferred tax assets			(2.2)		%				(0.3)		%				(0.4)		%
Reversal of other tax accruals no longer required			(0.8)		%				(3.0)		%				(1.8)		%
Tax accrual on investment in KDP (including tax impact share sales)			6.7		%				0.8		%				8.4		%
Excess tax benefits from equity compensation			(1.0)		%				(1.2)		%				(0.8)		%
Tax legislation (non-U.S. and non-Swiss tax reform)			1.0		%				0.4		%				0.3		%
Swiss tax reform			—						(22.3)		%				—
Business sales (including tax impact from JDE Peet's transaction)			7.4		%				—						—
U.S. tax reform - transition tax			—						0.1		%				(1.3)		%
U.S. tax reform - changes in indefinite reinvestment assertion			—						—						2.1		%
Foreign tax provisions under TCJA (GILTI, FDII and BEAT)(1)			1.1		%				2.5		%				1.1		%
Other			0.3		%				0.6		%				0.1		%
Effective tax rate			36.2		%				0.1		%				27.2		%

(1)The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ("TCJA") established the Global Intangible Low-Tax Income ("GILTI") provision, which taxes U.S. allocated expenses and certain income from foreign operations; the Foreign-Derived Intangible Income ("FDII") provision, which allows a deduction against certain types of U.S. taxable income resulting in a lower effective U.S. tax rate on such income; and the Base Erosion Anti-abuse Tax ("BEAT"), which is a minimum tax based on cross-border service payments by U.S. entities.

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities Temporary Differences

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

			As of December 31,
			2020						2019
			(in millions)
Deferred income tax assets:
Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits			$	137					$	150
Accrued pension costs			251						272
Other employee benefits			151						160
Accrued expenses			420						287
Loss carryforwards			648						589
Tax credit carryforwards			790						729
Other			535						438
Total deferred income tax assets			2,932						2,625
Valuation allowance			(1,277)						(1,243)
Net deferred income tax assets			$	1,655					$	1,382
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Intangible assets, including impact from Swiss tax reform			$	(2,951)					$	(2,772)
Property, plant and equipment			(747)						(663)
Other			(513)						(559)
Total deferred income tax liabilities			(4,211)						(3,994)
Net deferred income tax liabilities			$	(2,556)					$	(2,612)

Schedule of Changes in Unrecognized Tax Benefit

The changes in our unrecognized tax benefits were:

			For the Years Ended December 31,
			2020						2019						2018
			(in millions)
January 1			$	426					$	516					$	579
Increases from positions taken during prior periods			35						27						36
Decreases from positions taken during prior periods			(17)						(35)						(43)
Increases from positions taken during the current period			48						50						57
Decreases relating to settlements with taxing authorities			(27)						(64)						(45)
Reductions resulting from the lapse of the applicable    statute of limitations			(29)						(64)						(31)
Currency/other			6						(4)						(37)
December 31			$	442					$	426					$	516

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