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Income Tax Expense
 9 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Expense Income Tax Expense
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “2017 Act”), enacted on December 22, 2017, includes a broad range of tax reform proposals affecting businesses. The Company completed its accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the 2017 Act during the second quarter of fiscal 2019. However, the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have issued tax guidance on certain provisions of the 2017 Act since the enactment date, and the Company anticipates the issuance of additional regulatory and interpretive guidance. The Company applied a reasonable interpretation of the 2017 Act along with the then-available guidance in finalizing its accounting for the tax effects of the 2017 Act. Any additional regulatory or interpretive guidance would constitute new information, which may require further refinements to the Company’s estimates in future periods.

The following table presents the Company’s Income tax expense and the effective tax rate:
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
April 1,
2022		April 2,
2021		April 1,
2022		April 2,
2021
($ in millions)
Income before taxes$262 $249 $1,612 $331 
Income tax expense237 52 413 132 
Effective tax rate90 %21 %26 %40 %

The primary drivers of the difference between the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended April 1, 2022 and the U.S. Federal statutory rate of 21%, are the relative mix of earnings and losses by jurisdiction, the deduction for foreign derived intangible income, credits, and tax holidays in Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand that will expire at various dates during fiscal years 2024 through 2031. In addition, the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended April 1, 2022 includes the discrete effect of a net increase to the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, which includes interest and offsetting tax benefits, as a result of ongoing discussions with various taxing authorities of $194 million and $219 million, respectively.

The primary drivers of the difference between the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended April 2, 2021 and the U.S. Federal statutory rate of 21% are the relative mix of earnings and losses by jurisdiction, the deduction for foreign derived intangible income, credits, and tax holidays in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. In addition, the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended April 2, 2021 includes discrete effects for increases to unrecognized tax benefits of $35 million as a result of ongoing discussions with various taxing authorities that are offset in part by a release of certain unrecognized tax benefits of $22 million as a result of business realignment activities. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended April 2, 2021 also includes the discrete effects of net tax deficiencies from shortfalls of $11 million related to the vesting of stock-based awards and additional tax expense of $10 million from the re-measurement of deferred tax liabilities due to restructuring activities, which have no impact on the amount of income taxes paid by the Company.

As previously disclosed, the IRS issued statutory notices of deficiency and notices of proposed adjustments with respect to transfer pricing with the Company’s foreign subsidiaries and intercompany payable balances for fiscal years 2008 through 2015. The Company filed petitions with the U.S. Tax Court covering fiscal years 2008 through 2012, for which it had received statutory notices of deficiency, while fiscal years 2013 through 2015 remain in the jurisdiction of the IRS’s Examination function. The IRS has filed various Amendments to Answer with the U.S. Tax Court which, together with the notices of proposed adjustments, would result in additional federal income tax liabilities totaling approximately $1.6 billion and penalties totaling $449 million with respect to fiscal years 2008 through 2015. During the three months ended April 1, 2022, in preparation for trial in May 2022, new information became available which required the Company to re-measure its unrecognized tax benefits for which an additional tax expense of $224 million, including interest, was recorded.

Uncertain Tax Positions

With the exception of certain unrecognized tax benefits that are directly associated with the tax position taken, unrecognized tax benefits are presented gross in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The following is a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits excluding accrued interest and penalties for the nine months ended April 1, 2022 (in millions):

Accrual balance at July 2, 2021
$748 
Gross increases related to current year tax positions7 
Gross increases related to prior year tax positions216 
Gross decreases related to prior year tax positions(57)
Settlements(2)
Lapse of statute of limitations(5)
Accrual balance at April 1, 2022
$907 

As of April 1, 2022, the liability for unrecognized tax benefits (excluding accrued interest and penalties) was $907 million. Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are recognized in liabilities recorded for uncertain tax positions and are recorded in the provision for income taxes. Accrued interest and penalties included in the Company’s liability related to unrecognized tax benefits as of April 1, 2022 was $231 million. Of these amounts, approximately $996 million could result in potential cash payments.

Subsequent to April 1, 2022, the Company and the IRS tentatively reached a basis for resolving the statutory notices of deficiency and notices of proposed adjustments with respect to fiscal years 2008 through 2015 subject to the parties entering into final stipulations and a closing agreement. As a result, the trial originally scheduled to take place in May 2022 has been cancelled. The tentative basis for resolution would incrementally increase the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, including interest and offsetting tax benefits, by approximately $80 million to $100 million. Including this incremental increase, the Company expects to pay tax and interest totaling approximately $600 million to $700 million within the next twelve months, which the Company expects to be partially offset by reductions to its mandatory deemed repatriation tax obligations aggregating to approximately $100 million in later years. The Company is not able to provide a reasonable estimate of the timing of future tax and interest payments related to the remaining unrecognized tax benefits.

The Company believes that adequate provision has been made for any adjustments that may result from any other tax examinations. However, the outcome of such tax examinations cannot be predicted with certainty. If any issues addressed in the Company’s tax examinations are resolved in a manner not consistent with management’s expectations, the Company could be required to adjust its provision for income taxes in the period such resolution occurs. Any significant change in the amount of the Company’s liability for unrecognized tax benefits would most likely result from additional information or settlements relating to the examination of the Company’s tax returns.