Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

INCOME TAXES (Tables)

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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Schedule of income before income taxes
Income before income taxes consisted of the following (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
2019

 
2018

 
2017

 
United States
$
3,249

 
$
888

 
$
(690
)
1 
International
7,537

 
7,337

 
7,580

 
Total
$
10,786

 
$
8,225

 
$
6,890

 
1 Includes net charges of $2,140 million related to refranchising certain bottling territories in North America in 2017. Refer to Note 2.

Schedule of income tax expense (benefit)
Income taxes consisted of the following (in millions):
 
United States

 
State and Local

 
International

 
Total

2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current
$
508

 
$
94

 
$
1,479

 
$
2,081

Deferred
(65
)
 
52

 
(267
)
 
(280
)
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current
$
591

1 
$
145

 
$
1,426

 
$
2,162

Deferred
(386
)
1 
(81
)
1 
54

1 
(413
)
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current
$
5,438

2 
$
121

 
$
1,300

 
$
6,859

Deferred
(1,783
)
2,3 
14

 
517

2 
(1,252
)

1 Includes the tax impact that resulted from changes to our original provisional estimates of the impact of the Tax Reform Act as permitted by Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 ("SAB 118").
2 Includes our reasonable estimate of the effects on our existing deferred tax balances and the one-time transition tax resulting from the Tax Reform Act that was signed into law on December 22, 2017. The provisional amount as of December 31, 2017 related to the one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of prescribed foreign earnings was $4.6 billion of tax expense based on cumulative prescribed foreign earnings estimated at that time to be $42 billion. The provisional amount that was primarily related to the remeasurement of certain deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future was a net deferred tax benefit of $1.0 billion.
3 Includes the net tax benefit from net charges related to refranchising certain bottling territories in North America. Refer to Note 2.
Reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal tax rate and effective tax rates
A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal tax rate and our effective tax rate is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2019

 
2018

 
2017

 
Statutory U.S. federal tax rate
21.0
 %
 
21.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
State and local income taxes — net of federal benefit
0.9

 
1.5

 
1.1

 
Earnings in jurisdictions taxed at rates different from the statutory U.S.
   federal tax rate
1.1

1,2,3 
3.1

5,6 
(9.5
)
 
Equity income or loss
(1.6
)
 
(2.5
)
 
(3.3
)
 
Tax Reform Act

 
0.1

7 
52.4

8 
Excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation
(0.9
)
 
(1.3
)
 
(1.9
)
 
Other — net
(3.8
)
4 
(0.6
)
 
7.6

9,10 
Effective tax rate
16.7
 %
 
21.3
 %
 
81.4
 %
 
1 Includes net tax charges of $199 million (or a 1.9 percent impact on our effective tax rate) related to amounts required to be recorded for changes to our uncertain tax positions, including interest and penalties, in various international jurisdictions, as well as other agreed-upon tax matters.
2 Includes the impact of pretax charges of $710 million (or a 1.2 percent impact on our effective tax rate) related to the impairment of certain of our equity method investees.
3 Includes a tax benefit of $199 million (or a 1.5 percent impact on our effective tax rate) recorded as a result of CCBA no longer qualifying as a discontinued operation. Refer to Note 2.
4 Includes a net tax benefit of $184 million (or a 1.7 percent impact on our effective tax rate) related to amounts required to be recorded for changes to our uncertain tax positions, including interest and penalties, a tax benefit of $145 million (or a 1.4 percent impact on our effective tax rate) related to changes in our assessment of certain valuation allowances and a net tax benefit of $89 million (or a 0.8 percent impact on our effective tax rate) related to domestic return to provision adjustments as well as other agreed-upon tax matters.
5 Includes the impact of pretax charges of $591 million (or a 1.5 percent impact on our effective tax rate) related to other-than-temporary impairments of certain of our equity method investees and the impact of a pretax charge of $554 million (or a 1.9 percent impact on our effective tax rate) related to an impairment of assets held by CCBA. Refer to Note 18.
6 Includes net tax expense of $28 million on net pretax charges of $403 million (or a 1.4 percent impact on our effective tax rate) primarily related to the refranchising of certain foreign bottling operations. Refer to Note 2.
7 Includes net tax expense of $8 million (or a 0.1 percent impact on our effective tax rate) related to the finalization of our accounting related to the Tax Reform Act.
8 Includes net tax expense of $3,610 million primarily related to our reasonable estimate of the one-time transition tax resulting from the Tax Reform Act that was signed into law on December 22, 2017, partially offset by the impact of the lower rate introduced by the Tax Reform Act on our existing deferred tax balances.
9 Includes net tax expense of $1,048 million on a pretax gain of $1,037 million (or a 9.9 percent impact on our effective tax rate) related to the Southwest Transaction, in conjunction with which we obtained an equity interest in AC Bebidas. The Company accounts for its interest in AC Bebidas as an equity method investment, and the net tax expense was primarily the result of the deferred tax recorded on the basis difference in this investment. Refer to Note 2.
10 Includes a $156 million net tax benefit related to the impact of manufacturing incentives and permanent book-to-tax adjustments.
Reconciliation of changes in the gross amount of unrecognized tax benefit
A reconciliation of the changes in the gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
2019

 
2018

 
2017

Balance of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of year
$
336


$
331


$
302

Increase related to prior period tax positions
204

1 
11


18

Decrease related to prior period tax positions


(2
)

(13
)
Increase related to current period tax positions
29


17


13

Decrease related to settlements with taxing authorities
(174
)
2 
(4
)


Increase (decrease) due to effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes
(3
)

(17
)

11

Balance of unrecognized tax benefits at the end of year
$
392


$
336


$
331


1 The increase was primarily related to a change in judgment about the Company's tax positions with several foreign jurisdictions.
2 The decrease was primarily related to a change in judgment about one of the Company's tax positions that became certain as a result of settlement of a matter in the United States.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
The tax effects of temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following (in millions):
December 31,
2019

 
2018

Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
$
53

 
$
64

Trademarks and other intangible assets
2,267

 
2,540

Equity method investments (including foreign currency translation adjustments)
372

 
315

Derivative financial instruments
389

 
322

Other liabilities
1,066

 
791

Benefit plans
880

 
881

Net operating/capital loss carryforwards
259

 
341

Other
311

 
230

Gross deferred tax assets
5,597

 
5,484

Valuation allowances
(303
)
 
(419
)
Total deferred tax assets
$
5,294

 
$
5,065

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
$
(877
)
 
$
(922
)
Trademarks and other intangible assets
(1,533
)
 
(1,179
)
Equity method investments (including foreign currency translation adjustments)
(1,667
)
 
(1,707
)
Derivative financial instruments
(348
)
 
(162
)
Other liabilities
(351
)
 
(67
)
Benefit plans
(286
)
 
(255
)
Other
(104
)
 
(453
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
$
(5,166
)
 
$
(4,745
)
Net deferred tax assets
$
128

 
$
320

Deferred tax asset valuation allowances
An analysis of our deferred tax asset valuation allowances is as follows (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
2019

 
2018

 
2017

Balance at beginning of year
$
419

 
$
519

 
$
530

Additions
148

 
83

 
202

Deductions
(264
)
 
(183
)
 
(213
)
Balance at end of year
$
303

 
$
419

 
$
519