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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 25, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Before Income Taxes | Income before income taxes is as follows (in millions):
|  | Year Ended |
|  | April 25, 2025 |  |  | April 26, 2024 |  |  | April 28, 2023 |
Domestic |  | $ | 606 |  |  | $ | 472 |  |  | $ | 420 |
Foreign |  |  | 777 |  |  |  | 791 |  |  |  | 646 |
Total |  | $ | 1,383 |  |  | $ | 1,263 |  |  | $ | 1,066 |
Provision for Income Taxes | The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following (in millions):
|  | Year Ended |
|  | April 25, 2025 |  |  | April 26, 2024 |  |  | April 28, 2023 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 131 |  |  | $ | 89 |  |  | $ | 209 |
State |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 25 |  |  |  | 39 |
Foreign |  |  | 128 |  |  |  | 110 |  |  |  | 150 |
Total current |  |  | 297 |  |  |  | 224 |  |  |  | 398 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | (102 | ) |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | (44 | )
State |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | (3 | )
Foreign |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | (559 | )
Total deferred |  |  | (100 | ) |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | (606 | )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |  | $ | 197 |  |  | $ | 277 |  |  | $ | (208 | )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate as follows (in millions):
|  | Year Ended |
|  | April 25, 2025 |  |  | April 26, 2024 |  |  | April 28, 2023 |
Tax computed at federal statutory rate |  | $ | 290 |  |  | $ | 265 |  |  | $ | 224 |
State income taxes, net of federal benefit |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | 24 |
Foreign earnings in lower tax jurisdictions |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | (40 | ) |  |  | (43 | )
Stock-based compensation |  |  | (21 | ) |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 25 |
Research and development credits |  |  | (31 | ) |  |  | (22 | ) |  |  | (24 | )
Benefit for foreign derived intangible income |  |  | (28 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Global minimum tax on intangible income |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 46 |  |  |  | 61 |
Tax charges (benefits) from integration of acquired companies |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | (27 | )
Tax benefit due to IP Transfer |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (524 | )
Resolution of income tax matters (1) |  |  | (39 | ) |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 71 |
Other |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | 5 |
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |  | $ | 197 |  |  | $ | 277 |  |  | $ | (208 | )
(1) During fiscal 2025, we recognized a tax benefit related to the IRS examination of our fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2019 U.S. income tax returns. During fiscal 2024, we recognized a tax benefit related to the lapse of statute of limitations for certain issues in our fiscal 2020 U.S. tax returns. During fiscal 2023, we recognized tax expense related to a Danish Supreme Court decision related to withholding tax on a 2005 distribution as well as tax expense related to the IRS examination of our fiscal 2018 and 2019 U.S. tax returns.
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in millions):
|  | April 25, 2025 |  |  | April 26, 2024 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves and accruals |  | $ | 188 |  |  | $ | 126 |
Net operating loss and credit carryforwards |  |  | 138 |  |  |  | 129 |
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 25 |  |  |  | 25 |
Deferred revenue and financed unearned services revenue |  |  | 250 |  |  |  | 252 |
Acquired intangibles |  |  | 483 |  |  |  | 499 |
Capitalized research and development (1) |  |  | 198 |  |  |  | 141 |
Other |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 12 |
Gross deferred tax assets |  |  | 1,288 |  |  |  | 1,184 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (119 | ) |  |  | (121 | )
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance |  |  | 1,169 |  |  |  | 1,063 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Prepaids and accruals |  |  | 87 |  |  |  | 90 |
Acquired intangibles |  |  | 84 |  |  |  | 68 |
Property and equipment |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 36 |
Other |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 3 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | 203 |  |  |  | 197 |
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance and deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | 966 |  |  | $ | 866 |
(1) As required under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, research and development expenditures are capitalized and amortized beginning in our fiscal 2023.
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in millions):
|  | Year Ended |
|  | April 25, 2025 |  |  | April 26, 2024 |  |  | April 28, 2023 |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 220 |  |  | $ | 222 |  |  | $ | 220 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 9 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Decreases for tax positions of prior years |  |  | (25 | ) |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (5 | )
Settlements |  |  | (139 | ) |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | (3 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 220 |  |  | $ | 222 |
Summary of Tax Years Remain Subject to Examinations under Major Tax Jurisdictions | The tax years that remain subject to examination for our major tax jurisdictions are shown below: Fiscal Years Subject to Examination for Major Tax Jurisdictions at April 25, 2025
2022 — 2025 |  | United States — federal income tax
2020 — 2025 |  | United States — state and local income tax
2020 — 2025 |  | Australia
2018 — 2025 |  | Germany
2007 — 2025 |  | India
2019 — 2025 |  | The Netherlands
2018 — 2025 |  | Canada
2020 — 2025 |  | Japan
2019 — 2025 |  | Cyprus
2022 — 2025 |  | United Kingdom
2023 — 2025 |  | France
2022 — 2025 |  | Ireland

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