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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 (losses) before income taxes and provision for income taxes consisted of the following:
For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions)202120202019
Earnings (losses) before income taxes:
United States$4,239 $6,842 $266 
Outside United States(415)48 500 
Total$3,824 $6,890 $766 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes:
Current:
Federal$1,965 $2,025 $1,686 
State and local542 553 470 
Outside United States2 22 3 
2,509 2,600 2,159 
Deferred:
Federal(1,190)(130)(78)
State and local30 (34)(19)
Outside United States— — 2 
(1,160)(164)(95)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes$1,349 $2,436 $2,064 
Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits was as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions)202120202019
Balance at beginning of year$74 $64 $85 
Additions for tax positions of prior years40 12 32 
Reductions for tax positions due to lapse of statutes of limitations(5)— — 
Reductions for tax positions of prior years(23)(2)(16)
Tax settlements(33)— (37)
Balance at end of year$53 $74 $64 
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits and Consolidated Liability for Tax Contingencies
Unrecognized tax benefits and Altria’s consolidated liability for tax contingencies were as follows at December 31:
(in millions)20212020
Unrecognized tax benefits$53 $74 
Accrued interest and penalties11 15 
Tax credits and other indirect benefits— (1)
Liability for tax contingencies$64 $88 
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate and U.S. Federal Statutory Rate
A reconciliation between actual income taxes and amounts computed by applying the federal statutory rate to earnings (losses) before income taxes is as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
(dollars in millions)$%$%$%
U.S. federal statutory rate$803 21.0 %$1,447 21.0 %$161 21.0 %
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit451 11.8 410 6.0 356 46.5 
Tax basis in foreign investments25 0.7 23 0.3 84 11.0 
Uncertain tax positions(25)(0.7)9 0.1 (40)(5.2)
Investment in ABI(31)(0.8)(16)(0.2)(210)(27.4)
Investment in JUUL7 0.2 537 7.8 1,808 236.0 
Investment in Cronos128 3.3 20 0.3 (66)(8.6)
Other (1)
(9)(0.2)6 0.1 (29)(3.8)
Effective tax rate$1,349 35.3 %$2,436 35.4 %$2,064 269.5 %
(1) Other in 2019 is primarily deferred profit sharing dividends tax benefit of $21 million and immaterial miscellaneous items.
Schedule of 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$387 $524 
Settlement charges835 888 
Accrued pension costs— 148 
Investment in JUUL2,652 2,642 
Investment in Cronos403 128 
Net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards46 81 
Total deferred income tax assets4,323 4,411 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment(216)(273)
Intangible assets(2,802)(2,806)
Investment in ABI(1,695)(2,819)
Finance assets, net(29)(117)
Accrued pension costs(55)— 
Other(94)(12)
Total deferred income tax liabilities(4,891)(6,027)
Valuation allowances(3,097)(2,817)
Net deferred income tax liabilities$(3,665)$(4,433)
Summary of Valuation Allowance
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending valuation allowances was as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31,
(in millions)202120202019
Balance at beginning of year$2,817 $2,324 $71 
Additions to valuation allowance related to Altria’s initial Investment in Cronos— — 352 
Additions to valuation allowance charged to income tax expense401 692 2,063 
Reductions to valuation allowance credited to income tax benefit(118)(200)(159)
Foreign currency translation(3)1 (3)
Balance at end of year$3,097 $2,817 $2,324