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Deferred Tax Expense (Income), Discrete Items

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Tax Effect Of Adjustments For Current Tax Of Current Periods

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The applicable income tax rate.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 12
-IssueDate 2023-01-01
-Paragraph 81
-Subparagraph c
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-URIDate 2023-03-23

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The tax expense (income) divided by the accounting profit. [Refer: Accounting profit]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The tax rate effect on the reconciliation between the average effective tax rate and the applicable tax rate resulting from a change in tax rate. [Refer: Average effective tax rate; Applicable tax rate]

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Taxes - Additional information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Applicable tax rate (as a percent)		20.20%	22.50%	9.30%
Average effective tax rate (as a percent)		(17.10%)	27.60%	10.00%
Discrete tax benefit - deferred		$ 263
Discrete tax benefit - current		$ 36
Effect of current year taxes			$ 64
Minimum \| Forecast
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Tax rate effect from change in tax rate (as a percent)	1.00%
Maximum \| Forecast
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Tax rate effect from change in tax rate (as a percent)	2.00%