Supplemental Cash Flow Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

20. Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Changes in the components of working capital related to operations (net of the effects related to acquisitions and divestitures) were as follows:

	2023		2022		2021
Decrease (increase) in current assets:
Receivables - change in factoring	$	7	$	54	$	45
Receivables - all other changes		144		(137)		(191)
Inventories		(174)		(61)		(32)
Prepaid expenses and other		4		(6)		(15)
Increase (decrease) in current liabilities:
Accounts payable		(102)		146		161
Accrued liabilities		(4)		45		(30)
Salaries and wages		(20)		19		30
U.S. and foreign income taxes		(3)		35		19
	$	(148)	$	95	$	(13)

The Company uses various factoring programs to sell certain trade receivables to financial institutions as part of managing its cash flows. Sales of trade receivables are accounted for in accordance with ASC Topic 860, Transfers and Servicing. At December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the total amount of trade receivables sold by the Company was $542 million, $535 million and $481 million, respectively. These amounts included $178 million, $158 million and $180 million at December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, for trade receivable amounts factored under supply-chain financing programs linked to commercial arrangements with key customers. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded expenses related to these factoring programs of $23 million, $11 million and $6 million, respectively.

In accordance with ASU 2022-04, “Liabilities-Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50): Disclosure of Supplier Finance Program Obligations,” the Company has agreements with third-party administrators that allow participating vendors to track the Company’s payments and, if voluntarily elected by the vendor, to sell payment obligations from the Company to financial institutions as part of a Supply Chain Financing (“SCF”) Program.  The Company's payment terms to the financial institutions, including the timing and amount of payments, are based on the original supplier invoices. When participating vendors elect to sell one or more of the Company’s payment obligations, the Company’s rights and obligations to settle the payables on their contractual due date are not impacted. The Company has no economic or commercial interest in a vendor’s decision to enter into these agreements, and the financial institutions do not provide the Company with incentives, such as rebates or profit sharing under the SCF Program. The Company agrees on commercial terms with vendors for the goods and services procured, which are consistent with payment terms observed at other peer companies in the industry, and the terms are not impacted by the SCF Program. Such obligations are classified as accounts payable in its Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company does not provide asset pledges, or other forms of guarantees, as security for the committed payment to the financial institutions. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had approximately $113 million and $110 million, respectively, of outstanding payment obligations to the financial institutions as part of the SCF Program.

Income taxes paid in cash were as follows:

	2023		2022		2021
U.S.	$	16	$	14	$	9
Non-U.S.		131		157		102
Total income taxes paid in cash	$	147	$	171	$	111

Interest paid in cash, including note repurchase premiums, for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $301 million, $234 million and $209 million, respectively. Cash interest for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 included $3 million, $17 million and $11 million of note repurchase premiums, respectively.