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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 6 – Income Taxes

Prior to our separation from RGHL Group and IPO, our U.S. operations were included in the U.S. federal consolidated and certain state and local tax returns filed by RGHL Group.  We also file certain separate U.S. state and local and foreign income tax returns. For the periods prior to separation, income tax (expense) benefit and deferred tax balances are presented in these condensed consolidated statements of income as if we filed tax returns on a stand-alone basis. Income tax payable balances as of December 31, 2019, were classified within “net parent deficit” on the condensed consolidated balance sheet since RGHL Group is legally liable for the tax. On separation from RGHL Group, becoming a separate taxable entity and the change from carve-out financial statements to consolidated financial statements, we have remeasured certain deferred taxes. These adjustments have been recognized directly in equity.

Our income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 incorporates an expected annualized effective tax rate of approximately 25%, excluding the impact of discrete items.  Our income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 includes an incremental discrete expense of $23 million due to the remeasurement of our deferred tax asset associated with deductibility of interest expense as a result of the enactment, subsequent to our separation from RGHL Group, of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act on March 27, 2020. The retroactive components of the CARES Act are expected to change RGHL Group’s U.S. federal consolidated tax return for the year ended December 31, 2019, which will reduce the benefits of future tax deductions that we received at the time of separation from RGHL Group.