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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes
Income (loss) before income taxes consists of:
 
    
For the years ended December 31,
 
    
2021
    
2022
    
2023
    
2023
 
    
RMB
    
RMB
    
RMB
    
US$
 
    
(In millions)
 
Mainland China
     15,055        18,306        28,449        4,008  
Non-Mainland China
     (4,277      (8,194      (3,251 )
 
     (458 )
 
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
     10,778        10,112        25,198        3,550  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Components of Income Tax
Income taxes consist of:
 
    
For the years ended December 31,
 
    
2021
    
2022
    
2023
    
2023
 
    
RMB
    
RMB
    
RMB
    
US$
 
    
(In millions)
 
Current income tax
     3,636        3,163        3,812        537  
Income tax refund due to reduced tax rate
     —         (468              
Adjustments of deferred tax assets due to change in tax rates
     109        119        111        16  
Deferred income tax benefit
     (558      (236      (274 )
 
     (39 )
 
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
     3,187        2,578        3,649        514  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
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,
 
    
2021
    
2022
    
2023
   
2023
 
    
RMB
    
RMB
    
RMB
   
US$
 
    
(In millions, except for per share data)
 
Expected taxation at PRC statutory tax rate
     2,694        2,541        6,299       887  
Effect of differing tax rates in different jurisdictions
     656        1,976        410       58  
Non-taxable
income
     (89      (44      (456 )     (64 )
Non-deductible
expenses
     965        534        1,928       272  
Research and development super-deduction
     (1,645      (2,274      (3,067 )     (432 )
Effect of PRC preferential tax rates and tax holiday
     (1,557      (1,507      (1,833 )     (259 )
Effect of tax rate changes on deferred taxes
     109        119        111       16  
Reversal of prior year’s income taxes
     (734      (913      (156 )     (22 )
PRC withholding tax
     615        181        574       81  
Change in valuation allowance
     2,173        1,965        (161 )     (23 )
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Taxation for the year
     3,187        2,578        3,649       514  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Effective tax rate
     29.6%        25.5%        14.5     14.5
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Effect of preferential tax rates inside the PRC on basic earnings per Class A and Class B ordinary share
     0.56        0.54        0.65       0.09  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Tax Effects of Temporary Differences that Gave Rise to Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to the deferred tax balances at December 31, 2022 and 2023 are as follows:
 
    
As of December 31,
 
    
2022
   
2023
   
2023
 
    
RMB
   
RMB
   
US$
 
    
(In millions)
 
Deferred tax assets:
      
Allowance for credit losses
     616       704       99  
Accrued expenses, payroll and others
     3,861       3,602       507  
Fixed assets depreciation and intangible assets amortization
     3,767       3,532       497  
Net operating loss carry-forwards
     4,176       4,223       595  
Less: valuation allowance
     (10,033     (9,872 )
 
    (1,390 )
 
  
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Deferred tax assets, net
     2,387       2,189       308  
  
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
    
As of December 31,
 
    
2022
    
2023
    
2023
 
    
RMB
    
RMB
    
US$
 
    
(In millions)
 
Deferred tax liabilities:
  
Long-lived assets arising from acquisitions
     428        220        31  
Withholding tax on PRC subsidiaries’ undistributed earnings
     1,685        1,475        207  
Tax on capital gains
     797        908        128  
Others
     246        211        30  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
      3,156         2,814         396