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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Provision for Taxes
The table below presents information about the provision for taxes.
 
    Year Ended December  
       
$ in millions
 
 
2021
 
     2020        2019  
Current taxes
                         
U.S. federal
 
 
$2,904
 
     $1,759        $1,113  
State and local
 
 
574
 
     555        388  
Non-U.S.
 
 
1,926
 
     1,539        950  
Total current tax expense
 
 
5,404
 
     3,853        2,451  
Deferred taxes
                         
U.S. federal
 
 
192
 
     (798      (383
State and local
 
 
72
 
     (42      (20
Non-U.S.
 
 
(259
     7        69  
Total deferred tax benefit
 
 
5
 
     (833      (334
Provision for taxes
 
 
$5,409
 
     $3,020        $2,117  
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
The table below presents a reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate.

    Year Ended December  
       
 
 
 
2021
 
    2020       2019  
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate
 
 
21.0%
 
    21.0%       21.0%  
State and local taxes, net of U.S. federal benefit
 
 
1.9
 
    3.1       2.9  
Settlement of employee share-based awards
 
 
(0.7
    (1.0     (0.6
Non-U.S.
operations
 
 
(1.5
    (2.4     (3.6
Tax credits
 
 
(0.6
    (1.2     (1.8
Tax-exempt
income, including dividends
 
 
(0.5
    (0.6     (1.0
Non-deductible
legal expenses
 
 
 
    5.6       2.1  
Other
 
 
0.4
 
    (0.3     1.0  
Effective income tax rate
 
 
20.0%
 
    24.2%       20.0%  
In the table above,
Non-U.S.
operations include the impact of the Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax and Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (GILTI).
Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The table below presents information about deferred tax assets and liabilities, excluding the impact of netting within tax jurisdictions.
 
    As of December  
     
$ in millions
 
 
2021
 
     2020  
Deferred tax assets
                
Compensation and benefits
 
 
$1,978
 
     $1,609  
ASC 740 asset related to unrecognized tax benefits
 
 
287
 
     200  
Non-U.S.
operations
 
 
606
 
     737  
Net operating losses
 
 
681
 
     510  
Occupancy-related
 
 
151
 
     138  
Other comprehensive income/(loss)-related
 
 
593
 
     282  
Tax credits carryforward
 
 
43
 
     34  
Operating lease liabilities
 
 
624
 
     618  
Allowance for credit losses
 
 
1,081
 
     1,054  
Other, net
 
 
271
 
     333  
Subtotal
 
 
6,315
 
     5,515  
Valuation allowance
 
 
(895
     (551
Total deferred tax assets
 
 
$5,420
 
     $4,964  
 
Deferred tax liabilities
                
Depreciation and amortization
 
 
$1,225
 
     $1,153  
Unrealized gains
 
 
1,114
 
     1,120  
Operating lease
right-of-use
assets
 
 
585
 
     581  
Total deferred tax liabilities
 
 
$2,924
 
     $2,854  
Rollforward of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
The table below presents the changes in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, which is included in other liabilities.
 
    Year Ended or as of December  
       
$ in millions
 
 
2021
 
    2020       2019  
Beginning balance
 
 
$1,251
 
    $1,445       $1,051  
Increases based on current year tax positions
 
 
297
 
    164       131  
Increases based on prior years’ tax positions
 
 
95
 
    209       441  
Decreases based on prior years’ tax positions
 
 
(111
    (205     (54
Decreases related to settlements
 
 
(80
    (367     (125
Exchange rate fluctuations
 
 
(6
    5       1  
Ending balance
 
 
$1,446
 
    $1,251       $1,445  
 
Related deferred income tax asset
 
 
287
 
    200       279  
Net unrecognized tax benefit
 
 
$1,159
 
    $1,051       $1,166  
Earliest Tax Years Subject to Examination by Major Jurisdiction
The table below presents the earliest tax years that remain subject to examination by major jurisdiction.
 
Jurisdiction
 
 
As of
December 2021
 
 
U.S. Federal
 
 
2011
 
New York State and City
 
 
2015
 
United Kingdom
 
 
2017
 
Japan
 
 
2016
 
Hong Kong
 
 
2015