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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
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,
 202420232022
 (in millions)
Earnings/(losses) from continuing operations before income taxes:
United States$1,688 $1,500 $463 
Outside United States4,573 4,380 2,765 
$6,261 $5,880 $3,228 
Provision for income taxes:
United States federal:
Current$268 $667 $187 
Deferred98 (167)(17)
366 500 170 
State and local:
Current83 123 78 
Deferred28 (50)
111 73 80 
Total United States477 573 250 
Outside United States:
Current861 784 642 
Deferred131 180 (27)
Total outside United States992 964 615 
Total provision for income taxes$1,469 $1,537 $865 
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,
 202420232022
U.S. federal statutory rate21.0%21.0%21.0%
Increase/(decrease) resulting from:
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit1.2%(0.1)%1.6%
Foreign rate differences
3.0%2.0%2.0%
Changes in judgment on realizability of deferred tax assets(0.2)%(0.1)%(1.1)%
Net change in tax accruals
0.5%(0.2)%(1.4)%
Tax accrual on investment in KDP (including tax impact of share sales)
—%2.8%0.5%
Excess tax benefits from equity compensation(0.4)%(0.4)%(0.8)%
Tax legislation 0.2%1.4%0.5%
Business sales
—%(0.5)%0.1%
Tax benefit from legal entity reorganization
(2.3)%—%
Foreign tax provisions under TCJA (GILTI, FDII and BEAT) (1)
0.5%0.6%0.1%
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 rate23.5%26.1%26.8%
(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,
 20242023
 (in millions)
Deferred income tax assets:
Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits$50 $45 
Other employee benefits154 155 
Accrued expenses647 632 
Loss carryforwards681 701 
Tax credit carryforwards736 803 
Other527 589 
Total deferred income tax assets2,795 2,925 
Valuation allowance(1,291)(1,359)
Net deferred income tax assets$1,504 $1,566 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Intangible assets
$(3,083)$(3,094)
Property, plant and equipment(777)(770)
Accrued pension costs(74)(62)
Other(662)(524)
Total deferred income tax liabilities(4,596)(4,450)
Net deferred income tax liabilities$(3,092)$(2,884)
Schedule of Changes in Unrecognized Tax Benefits
The changes in our unrecognized tax benefits were:

 For the Years Ended December 31,
 202420232022
 (in millions)
January 1$442 $424 $446 
Increases from positions taken during prior periods25 33 16 
Decreases from positions taken during prior periods(7)(35)(9)
Increases from positions taken during the current period40 55 48 
Decreases relating to settlements with taxing authorities(20)(11)(54)
Reductions resulting from the lapse of the applicable
   statute of limitations
(20)(29)(22)
Currency/other(24)(1)
December 31$436 $442 $424