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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Note 14. Income Taxes

As of the third quarter of 2022, our estimated annual effective tax rate, which excludes discrete tax impacts, was 24.0%. 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. The estimated annual effective tax rate also considers the impact of the establishment of a valuation allowance related to a deferred tax asset arising from the anticipated 2022 Ukraine loss as well as the expense related to the buyout of the Clif Bar ESOP that was recorded to third quarter earnings before income taxes with no associated income tax benefit, as any tax impacts are included in the tax purchase price. Our 2022 third quarter effective tax rate of 28.8% was high due to the Clif Bar ESOP expense. Excluding this impact, our third quarter effective tax rate of 19.9% was favorably impacted by discrete net tax benefits of $28 million. The discrete net tax benefit primarily consisted of a $43 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, partially offset by a $13 million expense from U.S. state tax law changes. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 of 24.2% considers the unfavorable impacts of the Ukraine loss and the Clif Bar ESOP expense as well as favorable discrete net tax benefits of $92 million. The discrete net tax benefit primarily consisted of a $75 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 $43 million net benefit from the Chipita acquisition, partially offset by $22 million expense from tax law changes in various jurisdictions.

As of the third quarter of 2021, our estimated annual effective tax rate, which excluded 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.