Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

INCOME TAXES

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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure
NOTE 6. INCOME TAXES
Our effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, were 32.7 percent and 24.6 percent, respectively. Our effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended October 3, 2021, were 19.9 percent and 21.1 percent, respectively.
The three months ended September 30, 2022, contained unfavorable discrete tax items of $57 million, primarily due to $51 million of unfavorable tax costs associated with internal restructuring ahead of the planned separation of our filtration business and $10 million of unfavorable return to provision adjustments, partially offset by $4 million of net favorable other discrete tax items.
The nine months ended September 30, 2022, contained unfavorable net discrete tax items of $52 million, primarily due to $69 million of unfavorable tax costs associated with internal restructuring ahead of the planned separation of our filtration business and $10 million of unfavorable return to provision adjustments, partially offset by $27 million of favorable changes in tax reserves.
The three months ended October 3, 2021, contained favorable discrete items of $11 million, primarily due to a $16 million favorable release of tax reserves associated with the settlement of tax positions, partially offset by $5 million of unfavorable return to provision adjustments.
The nine months ended October 3, 2021, contained favorable discrete items of $8 million, primarily due to an $18 million favorable release of tax reserves associated with the settlement of tax positions, partially offset by $10 million of unfavorable statutory changes in tax rates (mostly in the U.K.).