v3.22.1
Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
(Loss) income Before Income Taxes
(Loss) income before income taxes consists of:
 
 
  
For the years ended December 31,
 
 
  
2019
 
  
2020
 
  
2021
 
  
2021
 
 
  
RMB
 
  
RMB
 
  
RMB
 
  
US$
 
 
  
(In millions)
 
PRC
     13,076        19,711        15,055        2,362  
Non-PRC
     (13,416      3,379        (4,277      (671
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
       (340      23,090        10,778        1,691  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Components of Income Tax
Income taxes consist of:
 
 
  
For the years ended December 31,
 
 
  
2019
 
  
2020
 
  
2021
 
  
2021
 
 
  
RMB
 
  
RMB
 
  
RMB
 
  
US$
 
 
  
(In millions)
 
Current income tax
     3,564        4,668        3,636        571  
Income tax refund due to reduced tax rate
     (920      (719              
Adjustments of deferred tax assets due to change in tax rates
     9        (5      109        17  
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense
     (705      120        (558      (88
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
       1,948        4,064        3,187        500  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Provision of Tax Computed By Applying Statutory Income Tax Rate to Pre-Tax Income
The reconciliation of the actual income taxes to the amount of tax computed by applying the aforementioned statutory income tax rate to
pre-tax
income is as follows:
                                 
    
For the years ended December 31,
 
    
2019
    
2020
    
2021
   
2021
 
    
RMB
    
RMB
    
RMB
   
US$
 
    
(In millions, except for per share data)
 
Expected taxation at PRC statutory tax rate
     (85      5,773        2,694       423  
Effect of differing tax rates in different jurisdictions
     3,299        208        656       103  
Non-taxable
income
     (419      (995      (89     (14
Non-deductible
expenses
     2,124        3,416        965       150  
Research and development super-deduction
     (1,245      (1,549      (1,645     (258
Effect of PRC preferential tax rates and tax holiday
     (1,327      (2,891      (1,557     (244
Effect of tax rate changes on deferred taxes
     9        (5      109       17  
Reversal of prior year’s income taxes
     (1,134      (951      (734     (115
PRC withholding tax
     (224      122        615       97  
Valuation allowance
     950        936        2,173       341  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Taxation for the year
     1,948        4,064        3,187       500  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Effective tax rate
     (573%)        18%        29.6     29.6
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Effect of preferential tax rates inside the PRC on basic earnings per Class A and Class B ordinary share (
Note
)
     0.49        1.06        0.56       0.09  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Tax Effects of Temporary Differences that Gave Rise to Deferred Tax Balances
The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to the deferred tax balances at December 31, 2020 and 2021 are as follows:
 
 
  
As of December 31,
 
 
  
2020
 
  
2021
 
  
2021
 
 
  
RMB
 
  
RMB
 
  
US$
 
 
  
(In millions)
 
Deferred tax assets:
  
  
  
Allowance for credit losses
     452        622        98  
Accrued expenses, payroll and others
     5,456        6,988        1,095  
Fixed assets depreciation
     106        112        18  
Net operating loss carry-forwards
     1,811        2,980        468  
Less: valuation allowance
     (5,895      (8,068      (1,266 )
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Deferred tax assets, net
     1,930        2,634        413  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
                         
    
As of December 31,
 
    
2020
    
2021
    
2021
 
    
RMB
    
RMB
    
US$
 
    
(In millions)
 
Deferred tax liabilities:
        
Long-lived assets arising from acquisitions
     406        508        80  
Withholding tax on PRC subsidiaries’ undistributed earnings
     1,381        1,803        283  
Tax on capital gains
     943        996        156  
Others
     593        241        38  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
       3,323        3,548        557