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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
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The Company’s provision for income taxes is based upon an estimated annual tax rate for the year applied to federal, state and foreign income. On a quarterly basis, the annual effective tax rate is adjusted, as appropriate, based upon changed facts and circumstances, if any, as compared to those forecasted at the beginning of the fiscal year and each interim period thereafter.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 was 30% and 5%, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recorded a discrete tax expense of $7 million related to various changes in filing positions for prior years and a discrete tax benefit of $6 million related to the exit of the charging business. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded a discrete tax benefit of $18 million related to a reduction in certain unrecognized tax benefits and accrued interest for matters where the statute of limitations lapsed, a discrete tax expense of $4 million related to net changes to valuation allowances, a discrete tax benefit of $36 million related to post Spin-Off restructuring and a discrete tax benefit of $1 million related to various changes in filing positions for prior years.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 was 25% and 5%, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recorded a discrete tax benefit of $12 million related to the exit of the charging business, a discrete tax expense of $4 million related to net changes to valuation allowances and a discrete tax expense of $3 million related to various changes in filing positions for prior years. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the
Company recorded a discrete tax benefit of $107 million related to reductions in certain unrecognized tax benefits and accrued interest for matters where the statute of limitations lapsed, a discrete tax benefit of $36 million related to post Spin-Off restructuring and a discrete tax benefit of $4 million related to various changes in filing positions for prior years.

The Company’s annual effective tax rates differ from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to foreign rates that vary from those in the U.S., jurisdictions with pretax losses for which no tax benefit could be realized, U.S. taxes on foreign earnings, the realization of certain business tax credits (including foreign tax credits) and permanent differences between book and tax treatment for certain items (including the Foreign-Derived Intangible Income (“FDII”) deduction and the enhanced deduction of research and development expenses in certain jurisdictions).

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Bill”) was enacted on July 4, 2025 and focuses on extending and enhancing several business-friendly tax measures originally introduced in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Notably, the Bill restores 100% bonus depreciation for qualified property placed in service after January 19, 2025, allowing businesses to fully expense capital investments immediately. Additionally, the Bill suspends the requirement to capitalize and amortize domestic research and experimental (“R&E”) expenditures, allowing immediate expensing through a new Section 174A for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024. Internationally, it adjusts deductions for Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) and FDII to maintain lower effective tax rates and prevents scheduled increases. The Company determined that the enactment of the Bill did not have a material impact to its Consolidated Financial Statements.