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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
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,
 202220212020
 (in millions)
Earnings/(losses) from continuing operations before income taxes:
United States$463 $519 $514 
Outside United States2,765 3,850 2,869 
$3,228 $4,369 $3,383 
Provision for income taxes:
United States federal:
Current$187 $297 $440 
Deferred(17)(31)(82)
170 266 358 
State and local:
Current78 89 98 
Deferred(7)
80 98 91 
Total United States250 364 449 
Outside United States:
Current642 599 756 
Deferred(27)227 19 
Total outside United States615 826 775 
Total provision for income taxes$865 $1,190 $1,224 
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,
 202220212020
U.S. federal statutory rate21.0%21.0%21.0%
Increase/(decrease) resulting from:
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit1.6%1.1%1.6%
Tax impacts from our foreign operations2.0%(1.6)%1.1%
Changes in judgment on realizability of deferred tax assets(1.1)%0.1%(2.2)%
Reversal of other tax accruals no longer required(1.4)%(0.5)%(0.8)%
Tax accrual on investment in KDP (including tax impact of
   share sales)
0.5%4.7%6.7%
Excess tax benefits from equity compensation(0.8)%(0.7)%(1.0)%
Tax legislation 0.5%2.3%1.0%
Business sales (including tax impact from JDE Peet's transaction)0.1%—%7.4%
Foreign tax provisions under TCJA (GILTI, FDII and BEAT) (1)
0.1%0.8%1.1%
Non-deductible expenses, including buyout of Clif Bar ESOP and European Commission legal matter4.1%0.1%0.1%
Other0.2%(0.1)%0.2%
Effective tax rate26.8%27.2%36.2%
(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,
 20222021
 (in millions)
Deferred income tax assets:
Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits$83 $114 
Other employee benefits156 150 
Accrued expenses649 454 
Loss carryforwards664 685 
Tax credit carryforwards786 786 
Other481 468 
Total deferred income tax assets2,819 2,657 
Valuation allowance(1,257)(1,280)
Net deferred income tax assets$1,562 $1,377 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Intangible assets, including impact from Swiss tax reform$(3,279)$(3,214)
Property, plant and equipment(708)(638)
Accrued pension costs(57)23 
Other(482)(451)
Total deferred income tax liabilities(4,526)(4,280)
Net deferred income tax liabilities$(2,964)$(2,903)
Schedule of Changes in Unrecognized Tax Benefit
The changes in our unrecognized tax benefits were:

 For the Years Ended December 31,
 202220212020
 (in millions)
January 1$446 $442 $426 
Increases from positions taken during prior periods16 31 35 
Decreases from positions taken during prior periods(9)(21)(17)
Increases from positions taken during the current period48 47 48 
Decreases relating to settlements with taxing authorities(54)(13)(27)
Reductions resulting from the lapse of the applicable
   statute of limitations
(22)(26)(29)
Currency/other(1)(14)
December 31$424 $446 $442