Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 9–Income Taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the effective tax rate was 20.8% compared to 20.3% for the three months ended April 1, 2022. The increase to the effective tax rate was primarily due to a decrease in excess tax benefits related to employee stock-based payment transactions, partially offset by a decrease in unrecognized tax benefits and taxes related to foreign operations.

Beginning in 2022, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) eliminated the option to currently deduct certain research and development costs for tax purposes and requires taxpayers to capitalize and amortize research costs over five years. Based upon our interpretation of the law as currently enacted, we estimate that the fiscal 2023 impact will result in increases of $112 million to both our income taxes payable and net deferred tax assets.

We also estimate an increase to our unrecognized tax benefits of $75 million with a corresponding increase to net deferred tax assets. The actual impact will depend on the amount of research and development costs the Company will incur, whether Congress modifies or repeals this provision and whether new guidance and interpretive rules are issued by the U.S. Treasury, among other factors.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, unrecognized tax benefits increased $16 million with a corresponding increase to net deferred tax assets as a result of uncertain tax positions arising from capitalizing research and development costs.