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Income taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Provision for taxes on income
The provision for taxes on income for the years ended December 31 consists of the following:
202320222021
Pretax income
Domestic$400,241 $363,518 $(342,951)
Foreign214,591 207,764 181,969 
Total pretax income$614,832 $571,282 $(160,982)
Current
Federal$79,200 $55,016 $21,247 
State16,681 15,997 15,212 
Foreign65,617 59,762 55,018 
Total current$161,498 $130,775 $91,477 
Deferred
Federal$(5,447)$(2,495)$(120,243)
State(2,249)(5,441)(39,709)
Foreign(4,524)(4,330)1,045 
Total deferred$(12,220)$(12,266)$(158,907)
Total taxes$149,278 $118,509 $(67,430)
Deferred tax liabilities/(assets)
Deferred tax (liabilities)/assets are comprised of the following at December 31:
20232022
Property, plant and equipment$(137,880)$(104,162)
Intangibles(119,225)(104,171)
Leases(48,832)(89,226)
Outside basis in Metal Packaging(68,867)(74,092)
Gross deferred tax liabilities$(374,804)$(371,651)
Retiree health benefits$513 $1,222 
Foreign loss carryforwards62,250 79,460 
U.S. Federal loss and credit carryforwards39,131 36,529 
Capital loss carryforwards3,817 3,626 
U.S. State loss and credit carryforwards21,321 20,961 
Capitalized research and development costs87,743 45,826 
Employee benefits51,829 42,641 
Leases50,704 89,416 
Accrued liabilities and other assets58,699 56,601 
Gross deferred tax assets$376,007 $376,282 
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets$(70,661)$(82,046)
Total deferred taxes, net$(69,458)$(77,415)
Reconciliation of U.S. federal statutory tax rate to actual consolidated tax expense
A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to the actual provision for/(benefit from) income taxes is as follows:
  
202320222021
Statutory tax rate$129,115 21.0 %$119,945 21.0 %$(33,806)21.0 %
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit16,051 2.6 %13,149 2.3 %(15,863)9.9 %
Valuation allowance4,486 0.7 %(10,477)(1.8)%(33,576)20.9 %
Tax examinations including change in reserve for uncertain tax positions2,183 0.4 %567 0.1 %5,665 (3.5)%
Adjustments to prior year deferred taxes(2,489)(0.4)%(2,110)(0.4)%1,239 (0.8)%
Foreign earnings taxed at other than U.S. rates13,704 2.2 %12,334 2.2 %9,659 (6.0)%
Divestiture of business464 0.1 %— — %(808)0.5 %
Effect of tax rate changes387 0.1 %(2,151)(0.4)%275 (0.2)%
Foreign withholding taxes4,635 0.8 %4,670 0.8 %8,107 (5.0)%
Tax credits(18,841)(3.1)%(14,077)(2.5)%(21,936)13.6 %
Global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI)2,930 0.5 %2,851 0.5 %11,323 (7.0)%
Foreign-derived intangible income(1,106)(0.2)%(657)(0.1)%(202)0.1 %
Foreign currency gain/(loss) on distributions of previously taxed income(2,614)(0.4)%(1,280)(0.2)%3,365 (2.1)%
Other, net373 0.1 %(4,255)(0.7)%(872)0.5 %
Provision for/(Benefit from) income taxes$149,278 24.3 %$118,509 20.7 %$(67,430)41.9 %
Reconciliation of gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits
The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and ending of the periods indicated: 
202320222021
Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits at January 1$18,621 $18,142 $11,230 
Increases in prior years’ unrecognized tax benefits378 223 12,283 
Decreases in prior years’ unrecognized tax benefits(572)(144)(275)
Increases in current year’s unrecognized tax benefits4,395 1,807 1,088 
Decreases in unrecognized tax benefits from the lapse of statutes of limitations(1,094)(1,174)(6,170)
Settlements(51)(233)(14)
Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits at December 31$21,677 $18,621 $18,142