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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Earnings Before Income Taxes and Provision For Income Taxes
Earnings before income taxes and provision for income taxes consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
(in millions)
202120202019
Earnings before income taxes
$12,232 $10,953 $9,872 
Provision for income taxes:
United States federal and state:
Current
$73 $(80)$17 
Deferred
27 53 24 
Total United States
100 (27)41 
Outside United States:
Current
2,616 2,600 2,417 
Deferred
(45)(196)(165)
Total outside United States
2,571 2,404 2,252 
Total provision for income taxes
$2,671 $2,377 $2,293 
Schedule of Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits was as follows:
(in millions)
202120202019
Balance at January 1,$72 $63 $56 
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
12 11 10 
Additions for tax positions of previous years
15 
Reductions for tax positions of prior years
(1)(4)(2)
Reductions due to lapse of statute of limitations
(3)(1)(1)
Settlements
 — — 
Other
(6)(1)
Balance at December 31,$89 $72 $63 
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits and Liability for Contingent Income Taxes, Interest and Penalties
Unrecognized tax benefits and PMI’s liability for contingent income taxes, interest and penalties were as follows:
(in millions)
December 31, 2021December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Unrecognized tax benefits
$89 $72 $63 
Accrued interest and penalties
18 17 16 
Tax credits and other indirect benefits
(7)(9)(12)
Liability for tax contingencies
$100 $80 $67 
Schedule of Reasons Attributable to the Differences Between Effective Income Tax Rate and U.S. Federal Statutory Rate
The effective income tax rate on pre-tax earnings differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate for the following reasons for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
202120202019
U.S. federal statutory rate21.0 %21.0 %21.0 %
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
Foreign rate differences(0.3)0.6 1.8 
Dividend repatriation cost0.6 0.4 (0.5)
Global intangible low-taxed income0.8 0.1 1.4 
U.S. state taxes0.2 0.2 0.7 
Foreign derived intangible income(0.7)(0.6)(1.2)
Other0.2  — 
Effective tax rate21.8 %21.7 %23.2 %
Schedule of Temporary Differences of Tax Effects to Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities
The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following:
At December 31,
(in millions)
20212020
Deferred income tax assets:
Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits$234 $225 
Accrued pension costs392 720 
Inventory(1)
177 232 
Accrued liabilities168 182 
Net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits408 351 
Foreign exchange 27 
Other112 124 
Total deferred income tax assets1,491 1,861 
Less: valuation allowance(239)(250)
Deferred income tax assets, net of valuation allowance1,252 1,611 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Trade names(591)(374)
Property, plant and equipment(140)(200)
Unremitted earnings(206)(311)
Foreign exchange(146)— 
Total deferred income tax liabilities
(1,083)(885)
Net deferred income tax assets$169 $726 
(1)Includes deferred tax charges of $153 million and $209 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively, related to intercompany transactions.