Income Taxes |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 27, 2020 | |
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| Income Taxes | INCOME TAXES
The Company recorded income taxes of $215 million (7.2 percent effective tax rate) and $522 million (23.5 percent effective tax rate) during the three months ended March 27, 2020 and March 29, 2019, respectively.
The Company's effective tax rates for the three months ended March 27, 2020 and March 29, 2019 vary from the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 21.0 percent primarily due to the tax impact of significant operating and nonoperating items, along with the tax benefits of having significant operations outside the United States and significant earnings generated in investments accounted for under the equity method, both of which are generally taxed at rates lower than the statutory U.S. rate. The Company's effective tax rate for the three months ended March 27, 2020 included the favorable impact of a $40 million tax benefit associated with the gain recorded upon the acquisition of the remaining interest in fairlife and also included the net tax benefit of various discrete tax items recorded during the quarter. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the acquisition of the remaining interest in fairlife.
On September 17, 2015, the Company received a Statutory Notice of Deficiency from the IRS for the tax years 2007 through 2009, after a five-year audit. Refer to Note 8.
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