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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
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,
 202320222021
 (in millions)
Earnings/(losses) from continuing operations before income taxes:
United States$1,500 $463 $519 
Outside United States4,380 2,765 3,850 
$5,880 $3,228 $4,369 
Provision for income taxes:
United States federal:
Current$667 $187 $297 
Deferred(167)(17)(31)
500 170 266 
State and local:
Current123 78 89 
Deferred(50)
73 80 98 
Total United States573 250 364 
Outside United States:
Current784 642 599 
Deferred180 (27)227 
Total outside United States964 615 826 
Total provision for income taxes$1,537 $865 $1,190 
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,
 202320222021
U.S. federal statutory rate21.0%21.0%21.0%
Increase/(decrease) resulting from:
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit(0.1)%1.6%1.1%
Foreign rate differences
2.0%2.0%(1.6)%
Changes in judgment on realizability of deferred tax assets(0.1)%(1.1)%0.1%
Reversal of other tax accruals no longer required(0.2)%(1.4)%(0.5)%
Tax accrual on investment in KDP (including tax impact of share sales)
2.8%0.5%4.7%
Excess tax benefits from equity compensation(0.4)%(0.8)%(0.7)%
Tax legislation 1.4%0.5%2.3%
Business sales
(0.5)%0.1%—%
Foreign tax provisions under TCJA (GILTI, FDII and BEAT) (1)
0.6%0.1%0.8%
Tax impacts from the European Commission legal matter
(0.4)%2.1%—%
Non-deductible expenses and other, including buyout of Clif Bar ESOP
—%2.2%—%
Effective tax rate26.1%26.8%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,
 20232022
 (in millions)
Deferred income tax assets:
Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits$45 $83 
Other employee benefits155 156 
Accrued expenses632 649 
Loss carryforwards701 664 
Tax credit carryforwards803 786 
Other589 481 
Total deferred income tax assets2,925 2,819 
Valuation allowance(1,359)(1,257)
Net deferred income tax assets$1,566 $1,562 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Intangible assets, including impact from Swiss tax reform$(3,094)$(3,279)
Property, plant and equipment(770)(708)
Accrued pension costs(62)(57)
Other(524)(482)
Total deferred income tax liabilities(4,450)(4,526)
Net deferred income tax liabilities$(2,884)$(2,964)
Schedule of Changes in Unrecognized Tax Benefit
The changes in our unrecognized tax benefits were:

 For the Years Ended December 31,
 202320222021
 (in millions)
January 1$424 $446 $442 
Increases from positions taken during prior periods33 16 31 
Decreases from positions taken during prior periods(35)(9)(21)
Increases from positions taken during the current period55 48 47 
Decreases relating to settlements with taxing authorities(11)(54)(13)
Reductions resulting from the lapse of the applicable
   statute of limitations
(29)(22)(26)
Currency/other(1)(14)
December 31$442 $424 $446