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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Note 14. Income Taxes

As of the third quarter of 2021, our estimated annual effective tax rate, which excludes discrete tax impacts, was 23.0%. This rate reflected the impact of unfavorable foreign provisions under U.S. tax laws and our tax related to earnings from equity method investments (the earnings are reported separately on our statement of earnings and thus not included in earnings before income taxes), partially offset by favorable impacts from the mix of pre-tax income in various non-U.S. jurisdictions. Our 2021 third quarter effective tax rate of 27.4% was high due to a $59 million tax expense incurred in connection with the KDP share sale that occurred during the third quarter (the related gain is reported separately in our statement of earnings and thus not included in earnings before income taxes). Excluding this impact, our third quarter effective tax rate was 22.7%, including a discrete net tax expense of $11 million primarily driven by the change in liabilities for uncertain tax positions in several jurisdictions. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 of 29.5% was also high due to the $187 million net tax expense incurred in connection with the KDP share sales during the second and third quarters. Excluding this impact, our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was 23.7%, which was unfavorably impacted by discrete net tax expense of $26 million, primarily driven by $95 million net tax expense from the increase of our deferred tax liabilities resulting from enacted tax legislation (mainly in the United Kingdom) partially offset by a $45 million net benefit from the release of liabilities for uncertain tax positions due to expirations of statutes of limitations and audit settlements in several jurisdictions and a $27 million benefit from a U.S. amended tax return filed to reflect new guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department.

As of the third quarter of 2020, our estimated annual effective tax rate, which excluded discrete tax impacts, was 27.3%. This rate reflected the impact of unfavorable foreign provisions under U.S. tax laws and our tax related to earnings from equity method investments (the earnings are reported separately on our statement of earnings and thus not included in earnings before income taxes), partially offset by favorable impacts from the mix of pre-tax income in various non-U.S. jurisdictions. Our 2020 third quarter effective tax rate of 36.1% was high due to a $77 million tax expense incurred in connection with two KDP share sales that occurred during the third quarter (the related gains are reported separately in our statement of earnings and thus not included in earnings before income taxes). Excluding this impact, our third quarter effective tax rate was 29.0%, reflecting a discrete net tax expense of $22 million. The discrete net tax expense primarily consisted of a $30 million net expense from the increase of our U.K. deferred tax liabilities resulting from tax legislation enacted during the third quarter that increased the corporate income tax rate in the United Kingdom, partially offset by a $7 million net benefit from the release of liabilities for uncertain tax positions due to expirations of statutes of limitations and audit settlements in several jurisdictions. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 of 36.0% was also high due to the $355 million net tax expense incurred in connection with the JDE Peet's transaction and three KDP share sales (one in the first quarter and two in the third quarter) that occurred during 2020. Excluding these impacts, our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was 21.5%, which was favorably impacted by discrete net tax benefits of $96 million, primarily driven by the $70 million net benefit from the release of the China valuation allowance and a $31 million net benefit from the release of liabilities for uncertain tax positions due to expirations of statutes of limitations and audit settlements in several jurisdictions.