Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 12    Income Taxes

The components of income tax expense were:

	Three Months Ended March 31
(Dollars in Millions)	2022			2021
Federal
Current	$	404		$	353
Deferred		(102	)		130
Federal income tax		302			483
State
Current		89			94
Deferred		6			30
State income tax		95			124
Total income tax provision	$	397		$	607

A reconciliation of expected income tax expense at the federal statutory rate of 21 percent to the Company’s applicable income tax expense follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
(Dollars in Millions)	2022			2021
Tax at statutory rate	$	411		$	607
State income tax, at statutory rates, net of federal tax benefit		84			114
Tax effect of
Tax credits and benefits, net of related expenses		(106	)		(93	)
Tax-exempt income		(28	)		(28	)
Other items		36			7
Applicable income taxes	$	397		$	607

The Company’s income tax returns are subject to review and examination by federal, state, local and foreign government authorities. On an ongoing basis, numerous federal, state, local and foreign examinations are in progress and cover multiple tax years. As of March 31, 2022, federal tax examinations for all years ending through December 31, 2014 are completed and resolved. The Company’s tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 are under examination by the Internal Revenue Service. The years open to examination by foreign, state and local government authorities vary by jurisdiction.

The Company’s net deferred tax asset was $2.6 billion at March 31, 2022 and $785 million at December 31, 2021.