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Dell Technologies Delivers First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Results
News summary
- First quarter revenue of $22.2 billion, up 6% year over year
- Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) revenue of $9.2 billion, up 22% year over year, with record servers and networking revenue of $5.5 billion, up 42%
- Client Solutions Group (CSG) revenue of $12.0 billion, flat year over year, with commercial client revenue at $10.2 billion, up 3%
- Diluted earnings per share of $1.32, up 67% year over year, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.27, down 3%
ROUND ROCK, Texas, May 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ —
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Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces financial results for its fiscal 2025 first quarter. Revenue was $22.2 billion, up 6% year over year. Operating income was $920 million and non-GAAP operating income was $1.5 billion, down 14% and 8% year over year, respectively. Cash flow from operations was $1.0 billion. Diluted earnings per share was $1.32, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $1.27, up 67% and down 3% year over year, respectively.
Dell returned $1.1 billion to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends and ended the quarter with $7.3 billion in cash and investments.
“We again demonstrated our ability to execute and deliver strong cash flow, with AI continuing to drive new growth,” said Yvonne McGill, chief financial officer, Dell Technologies. “Revenue was up 6% at $22.2 billion, servers and networking revenue was up 42%, and we generated $7.9 billion of cash flow from operations over the last 12 months.”
First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Results
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Three Months Ended |
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May 3, 2024 |
May 5, 2023 |
Change |
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(in millions, except per share amounts |
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Net revenue |
$ 22,244 |
$ 20,922 |
6 % |
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Operating income |
$ 920 |
$ 1,069 |
(14) % |
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Net income |
$ 955 |
$ 578 |
65 % |
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Change in cash from operating activities |
$ 1,043 |
$ 1,777 |
(41) % |
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Earnings per share – diluted |
$ 1.32 |
$ 0.79 |
67 % |
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Non-GAAP operating income |
$ 1,474 |
$ 1,598 |
(8) % |
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Non-GAAP net income |
$ 923 |
$ 963 |
(4) % |
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Adjusted free cash flow |
$ 623 |
$ 687 |
(9) % |
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Non-GAAP earnings per share – diluted |
$ 1.27 |
$ 1.31 |
(3) % |
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Information about Dell Technologies’ use of non-GAAP financial information is provided under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below. All comparisons in this press release are year-over-year unless otherwise noted. |
Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) delivered first quarter revenue of $9.2 billion, up 22% year over year. Servers and networking revenue was a record $5.5 billion, up 42%, with demand strength across AI and traditional servers. Storage revenue was flat at $3.8 billion. Operating income was $736 million.
Client Solutions Group (CSG) delivered first quarter revenue of $12.0 billion, flat year over year. Commercial client revenue was $10.2 billion, up 3% year over year, and Consumer revenue was $1.8 billion, down 15%. Operating income was $732 million.
“No company is better positioned than Dell to bring AI to the enterprise,” said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and chief operating officer, Dell Technologies. “Servers and networking hit record revenue in Q1, with our AI-optimized server orders increasing sequentially to $2.6 billion, shipments up more than 100% to $1.7 billion, and backlog growing more than 30% to $3.8 billion.”
Dell Technologies World
On May 20, Dell expanded the industry’s broadest AI solutions portfolio from desktop to data center to cloud with innovations designed to accelerate AI adoption and innovation:
- The Dell AI Factory combines Dell infrastructure, solutions and services optimized for AI workloads with an open ecosystem of partners including NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft and Hugging Face.
- The Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA includes the new PowerEdge XE9680L server, which offers direct liquid cooling in a 4U form factor and can support 72 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs in a single rack – 33% more GPU density per node compared to the XE9680.
- Dell PowerStore software updates give customers up to a 66% performance boost, native sync replication for file and block and improved multicloud data mobility capabilities.
- New AI PCs are Copilot+ and powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite and Snapdragon® X Plus processors, delivering exceptional battery life and AI performance.
Operating Segments Results
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Three Months Ended |
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May 3, 2024 |
May 5, 2023 |
Change |
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(in millions, except percentages; |
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Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG): |
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Net revenue: |
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Servers and networking |
$ 5,466 |
$ 3,837 |
42 % |
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Storage |
3,761 |
3,756 |
— % |
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Total ISG net revenue |
$ 9,227 |
$ 7,593 |
22 % |
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Operating Income: |
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ISG operating income |
$ 736 |
$ 740 |
(1) % |
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% of ISG net revenue |
8.0 % |
9.7 % |
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% of total reportable segment operating income |
50 % |
45 % |
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Client Solutions Group (CSG): |
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Net revenue: |
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Commercial |
$ 10,154 |
$ 9,862 |
3 % |
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Consumer |
1,813 |
2,121 |
(15) % |
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Total CSG net revenue |
$ 11,967 |
$ 11,983 |
— % |
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Operating Income: |
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CSG operating income |
$ 732 |
$ 892 |
(18) % |
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% of CSG net revenue |
6.1 % |
7.4 % |
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% of total reportable segment operating income |
50 % |
55 % |
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Conference call information
As previously announced, the company will hold a conference call to discuss its performance and financial guidance on May 30 at 3:30 p.m. CDT. Prior to the start of the conference call, prepared remarks and a presentation containing additional financial and operating information prior to financial guidance may be downloaded from investors.delltechnologies.com. The conference call will be broadcast live over the internet and can be accessed at https://investors.delltechnologies.com/news-events/upcoming-events.
For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, the final remarks and presentation with financial guidance will be available following the broadcast, and an archived version will be available at the same location for one year.
About Dell Technologies
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
This press release presents information about non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income attributable to Dell Technologies Inc., non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. – diluted, free cash flow, and adjusted free cash flow, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures provided as a supplement to the results provided in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). A reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is provided in the attached tables for each of the fiscal periods indicated.
Special Note on Forward-Looking Statements:
Statements in this press release that relate to future results and events are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and are based on Dell Technologies’ current expectations. In some cases, you can identify these statements by such forward-looking words as “anticipate,” “believe,” “confidence,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “guidance,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “outlook,” “plan,” “project,” “possible,” “potential,” “should,” “will” and “would,” or similar words or expressions that refer to future events or outcomes.
Dell Technologies’ results or events in future periods could differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements because of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that include, but are not limited to, the following: adverse global economic conditions and instability in financial markets; competitive pressures; Dell Technologies’ reliance on third-party suppliers for products and components, including reliance on single-source or limited-source suppliers; Dell Technologies’ ability to achieve favorable pricing from its vendors; Dell Technologies’ execution of its strategy; social and ethical issues relating to the use of new and evolving technologies; Dell Technologies’ ability to manage solutions and products and services transitions in an effective manner; Dell Technologies’ ability to deliver high-quality products, software, and services; cyber attacks or other data security incidents; Dell Technologies’ ability to successfully execute on strategic initiatives including acquisitions, divestitures or cost savings measures; Dell Technologies’ foreign operations and ability to generate substantial non-U.S. net revenue; Dell Technologies’ product, services, customer, and geographic sales mix, and seasonal sales trends; the performance of Dell Technologies’ sales channel partners; access to the capital markets by Dell Technologies or its customers; material impairment of the value of goodwill or intangible assets; adverse economic conditions and the effect of additional regulation on Dell Technologies’ financial services activities; counterparty default risks; the loss by Dell Technologies of any contracts for ISG services and solutions and its ability to perform such contracts at their estimated costs; loss by Dell Technologies of government contracts; Dell Technologies’ ability to develop and protect its proprietary intellectual property or obtain licenses to intellectual property developed by others on commercially reasonable and competitive terms; disruptions in Dell Technologies’ infrastructure; Dell Technologies’ ability to hedge effectively its exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates; expiration of tax holidays or favorable tax rate structures, or unfavorable outcomes in tax audits and other tax compliance matters; impairment of portfolio investments; unfavorable results of legal proceedings; expectations relating to environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations; compliance requirements of changing environmental and safety laws, human rights laws, or other laws; the effect of armed hostilities, terrorism, natural disasters, or public health issues; the effect of global climate change and legal, regulatory, or market measures to address climate change; Dell Technologies’ dependence on the services of Michael Dell and key employees; Dell Technologies’ level of indebtedness; and business and financial factors and legal restrictions affecting continuation of Dell Technologies’ quarterly cash dividend policy and dividend rate.
This list of risks, uncertainties, and other factors is not complete. Dell Technologies discusses some of these matters more fully, as well as certain risk factors that could affect Dell Technologies’ business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects, in its reports filed with the SEC, including Dell Technologies’ annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2024, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K. These filings are available for review through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Any or all forward-looking statements Dell Technologies makes may turn out to be wrong and can be affected by inaccurate assumptions Dell Technologies might make or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those identified in this press release. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements made in this press release, which speak only as of its date. Dell Technologies does not undertake to update, and expressly disclaims any duty to update, its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of circumstances or events that arise after the date they are made, new information, or otherwise.
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Related Financial Highlights (in millions, except percentages; unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended |
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May 3, 2024 |
May 5, 2023 |
Change |
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Net revenue: |
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Products |
$ 16,127 |
$ 15,036 |
7 % |
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Services |
6,117 |
5,886 |
4 % |
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Total net revenue |
22,244 |
20,922 |
6 % |
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Cost of net revenue: |
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Products |
13,766 |
12,375 |
11 % |
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Services |
3,672 |
3,529 |
4 % |
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Total cost of net revenue |
17,438 |
15,904 |
10 % |
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Gross margin |
4,806 |
5,018 |
(4) % |
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Operating expenses: |
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Selling, general, and administrative |
3,123 |
3,261 |
(4) % |
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Research and development |
763 |
688 |
11 % |
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Total operating expenses |
3,886 |
3,949 |
(2) % |
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Operating income |
920 |
1,069 |
(14) % |
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Interest and other, net |
(373) |
(364) |
(2) % |
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Income before income taxes |
547 |
705 |
(22) % |
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Income tax expense (benefit) |
(408) |
127 |
(421) % |
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Net income |
955 |
578 |
65 % |
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Net income attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. |
$ 960 |
$ 583 |
65 % |
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Percentage of Total Net Revenue: |
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Gross margin |
21.6 % |
24.0 % |
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Selling, general, and administrative |
14.1 % |
15.6 % |
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Research and development |
3.4 % |
3.3 % |
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Operating expenses |
17.5 % |
18.9 % |
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Operating income |
4.1 % |
5.1 % |
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Income before income taxes |
2.5 % |
3.4 % |
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Net income |
4.3 % |
2.8 % |
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Income tax rate |
(74.6) % |
18.0 % |
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Amounts are based on underlying data and may not visually foot due to rounding. |
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position (in millions; unaudited) |
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May 3, 2024 |
February 2, 2024 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ 5,830 |
$ 7,366 |
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $66 and $71 |
8,563 |
9,343 |
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Short-term financing receivables, net of allowance of $86 and $79 |
4,660 |
4,643 |
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Inventories |
4,782 |
3,622 |
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Other current assets |
10,792 |
10,973 |
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Total current assets |
34,627 |
35,947 |
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Property, plant, and equipment, net |
6,237 |
6,432 |
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Long-term investments |
1,293 |
1,316 |
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Long-term financing receivables, net of allowance of $109 and $91 |
5,941 |
5,877 |
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Goodwill |
19,640 |
19,700 |
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Intangible assets, net |
5,538 |
5,701 |
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Other non-current assets |
6,914 |
7,116 |
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Total assets |
$ 80,190 |
$ 82,089 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Short-term debt |
$ 6,098 |
$ 6,982 |
|
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Accounts payable |
20,586 |
19,389 |
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Accrued and other |
6,016 |
6,805 |
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Short-term deferred revenue |
15,034 |
15,318 |
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Total current liabilities |
47,734 |
48,494 |
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Long-term debt |
19,382 |
19,012 |
|
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Long-term deferred revenue |
13,116 |
13,827 |
|
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Other non-current liabilities |
2,681 |
3,065 |
|
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Total liabilities |
82,913 |
84,398 |
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Stockholders’ equity (deficit): |
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Total Dell Technologies Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
(2,822) |
(2,404) |
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Non-controlling interests |
99 |
95 |
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Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
(2,723) |
(2,309) |
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ 80,190 |
$ 82,089 |
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in millions; unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended |
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May 3, 2024 |
May 5, 2023 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net income |
$ 955 |
$ 578 |
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
88 |
1,199 |
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Change in cash from operating activities |
1,043 |
1,777 |
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Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Purchases of investments |
(39) |
(15) |
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Maturities and sales of investments |
119 |
19 |
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Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs |
(596) |
(701) |
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Other |
60 |
13 |
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Change in cash from investing activities |
(456) |
(684) |
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Proceeds from the issuance of common stock |
— |
2 |
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Repurchases of common stock |
(700) |
(240) |
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Repurchases of common stock for employee tax withholdings |
(521) |
(306) |
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Payments of dividends and dividend equivalents |
(336) |
(276) |
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Proceeds from debt |
2,992 |
2,521 |
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Repayments of debt |
(3,477) |
(3,698) |
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Debt-related costs and other, net |
(35) |
(5) |
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Change in cash from financing activities |
(2,077) |
(2,002) |
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
(55) |
(58) |
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Change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
(1,545) |
(967) |
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Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of the period |
7,507 |
8,894 |
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Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of the period |
$ 5,962 |
$ 7,927 |
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Segment Information (in millions, except percentages; unaudited; continued on next page) |
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Three Months Ended |
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May 3, 2024 |
May 5, 2023 |
Change |
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Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG): |
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Net revenue: |
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Servers and networking |
$ 5,466 |
$ 3,837 |
42 % |
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Storage |
3,761 |
3,756 |
— % |
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Total ISG net revenue |
$ 9,227 |
$ 7,593 |
22 % |
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Operating Income: |
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ISG operating income |
$ 736 |
$ 740 |
(1) % |
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% of ISG net revenue |
8.0 % |
9.7 % |
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% of total reportable segment operating income |
50 % |
45 % |
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Client Solutions Group (CSG): |
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Net revenue: |
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Commercial |
$ 10,154 |
$ 9,862 |
3 % |
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Consumer |
1,813 |
2,121 |
(15) % |
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Total CSG net revenue |
$ 11,967 |
$ 11,983 |
— % |
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Operating Income: |
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CSG operating income |
$ 732 |
$ 892 |
(18) % |
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% of CSG net revenue |
6.1 % |
7.4 % |
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% of total reportable segment operating income |
50 % |
55 % |
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Amounts are based on underlying data and may not visually foot due to rounding. |
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Segment Information (in millions, except percentages; unaudited; continued) |
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Three Months Ended |
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May 3, 2024 |
May 5, 2023 |
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Reconciliation to consolidated net revenue: |
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Reportable segment net revenue |
$ 21,194 |
$ 19,576 |
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Other businesses (a) |
1,049 |
1,343 |
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Unallocated transactions (b) |
1 |
3 |
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Total consolidated net revenue |
$ 22,244 |
$ 20,922 |
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Reconciliation to consolidated operating income: |
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Reportable segment operating income |
$ 1,468 |
$ 1,632 |
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Other businesses (a) |
6 |
(36) |
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Unallocated transactions (b) |
— |
2 |
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Amortization of intangibles (c) |
(168) |
(203) |
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Stock-based compensation expense (d) |
(210) |
(225) |
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Other corporate expenses (e) |
(176) |
(101) |
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Total consolidated operating income |
$ 920 |
$ 1,069 |
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_________________ |
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(a) |
Other businesses consists of: 1) Dell’s resale of standalone VMware, Inc. products and services, “VMware Resale,” 2) Secureworks, and 3) Virtustream, and do not meet the requirements for a reportable segment, either individually or collectively. |
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(b) |
Unallocated transactions includes other corporate items that are not allocated to Dell Technologies’ reportable segments. |
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(c) |
Amortization of intangibles includes non-cash purchase accounting adjustments that are primarily related to the EMC merger transaction. |
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(d) |
Stock-based compensation expense consists of equity awards granted based on the estimated fair value of those awards at grant date. |
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(e) |
Other corporate expenses consist primarily of severance expenses, payroll taxes associated with stock-based compensation, facility action costs, transaction-related expenses, impairment charges, and incentive charges related to equity investments. |
SUPPLEMENTAL SELECTED NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
These tables present information about the Company’s non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income attributable to Dell Technologies Inc., non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. – diluted, free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures provided as a supplement to the results provided in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). A detailed discussion of Dell Technologies’ reasons for including these non-GAAP financial measures, the limitations associated with these measures, the items excluded from these measures, and our reason for excluding those items are presented in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in our periodic reports filed with the SEC. Dell Technologies encourages investors to review the non-GAAP discussion in these reports in conjunction with the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures.
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Selected Financial Measures (in millions, except per share amounts and percentages; unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended |
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May 3, 2024 |
May 5, 2023 |
% Change |
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Net revenue |
$ 22,244 |
$ 20,922 |
6 % |
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Non-GAAP gross margin |
$ 4,947 |
$ 5,164 |
(4) % |
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% of net revenue |
22.2 % |
24.7 % |
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Non-GAAP operating expenses |
$ 3,473 |
$ 3,566 |
(3) % |
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% of net revenue |
15.6 % |
17.1 % |
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Non-GAAP operating income |
$ 1,474 |
$ 1,598 |
(8) % |
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% of net revenue |
6.6 % |
7.6 % |
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Non-GAAP net income |
$ 923 |
$ 963 |
(4) % |
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% of net revenue |
4.1 % |
4.6 % |
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Non-GAAP earnings per share – diluted |
$ 1.27 |
$ 1.31 |
(3) % |
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Amounts are based on underlying data and may not visually foot due to rounding. |
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Reconciliation of Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures (in millions, except percentages; unaudited; continued on next page) |
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Three Months Ended |
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May 3, 2024 |
May 5, 2023 |
% Change |
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Gross margin |
$ 4,806 |
$ 5,018 |
(4) % |
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Non-GAAP adjustments: |
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Amortization of intangibles |
60 |
79 |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
38 |
38 |
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Other corporate expenses |
43 |
29 |
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Non-GAAP gross margin |
$ 4,947 |
$ 5,164 |
(4) % |
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Operating expenses |
$ 3,886 |
$ 3,949 |
(2) % |
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Non-GAAP adjustments: |
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Amortization of intangibles |
(108) |
(124) |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
(172) |
(187) |
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Other corporate expenses |
(133) |
(72) |
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Non-GAAP operating expenses |
$ 3,473 |
$ 3,566 |
(3) % |
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Operating income |
$ 920 |
$ 1,069 |
(14) % |
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Non-GAAP adjustments: |
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Amortization of intangibles |
168 |
203 |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
210 |
225 |
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Other corporate expenses |
176 |
101 |
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Non-GAAP operating income |
$ 1,474 |
$ 1,598 |
(8) % |
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Net income |
$ 955 |
$ 578 |
65 % |
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Non-GAAP adjustments: |
|||||
|
Amortization of intangibles |
168 |
203 |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
210 |
225 |
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|
Other corporate expenses |
170 |
98 |
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Fair value adjustments on equity investments |
30 |
15 |
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Aggregate adjustment for income taxes (a) |
(610) |
(156) |
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Non-GAAP net income |
$ 923 |
$ 963 |
(4) % |
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(a) |
Beginning in Fiscal 2025, our non-GAAP income tax is calculated using a fixed estimated annual tax rate. |
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Reconciliation of Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures (unaudited; continued) |
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Three Months Ended |
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|
May 3, 2024 |
May 5, 2023 |
% Change |
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|
Earnings per share attributable to Dell Technologies, Inc. — diluted |
$ 1.32 |
$ 0.79 |
67 % |
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|
Non-GAAP adjustments: |
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Amortization of intangibles |
0.23 |
0.28 |
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|
Stock-based compensation expense |
0.29 |
0.30 |
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Other corporate expenses |
0.24 |
0.13 |
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Fair value adjustments on equity investments |
0.04 |
0.02 |
|||
|
Aggregate adjustment for income taxes (a) |
(0.84) |
(0.21) |
|||
|
Total non-GAAP adjustments attributable to non-controlling interests |
(0.01) |
— |
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|
Non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to Dell Technologies, Inc. — diluted |
$ 1.27 |
$ 1.31 |
(3) % |
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(a) |
Beginning in Fiscal 2025, our non-GAAP income tax is calculated using a fixed estimated annual tax rate. |
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Reconciliation of Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures (in millions, except percentages; unaudited; continued) |
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Three Months Ended |
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|
May 3, 2024 |
May 5, 2023 |
% Change |
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|
Cash flow from operations |
$ 1,043 |
$ 1,777 |
(41) % |
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|
Non-GAAP adjustments: |
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Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs, net (a) |
(586) |
(698) |
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|
Free cash flow |
$ 457 |
$ 1,079 |
(58) % |
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|
Free cash flow |
$ 457 |
$ 1,079 |
(58) % |
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|
Non-GAAP adjustments: |
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|
Financing receivables (b) |
165 |
(367) |
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Equipment under operating leases (c) |
1 |
(25) |
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|
Adjusted free cash flow |
$ 623 |
$ 687 |
(9) % |
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(a) |
Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs is net of proceeds from sales of facilities, land, and other assets. |
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(b) |
Financing receivables represent the operating cash flow impact from the change in DFS financing receivables. |
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(c) |
Equipment under operating leases represents the net change of capital expenditures and depreciation expense for DFS leases and contractually embedded leases identified within flexible consumption arrangements. |
SOURCE Dell Technologies
Last weekend, several thousand people took to the streets in Munich to demonstrate against abortion and assisted suicide. One speaker made an extremely dramatic plea against what he called the “culture of death” that has allegedly taken hold in Germany. One sign of this, the speaker argued, was that the government is planning to abolish a regulation known as “spousal tax splitting.”
Is tax law really relevant to deep philosophical debates on the sanctity of life? It is even a matter of life and death at all? Surely we needn’t go that far? In any case, the intense political uproar surrounding the new debate on whether to abolish spousal tax splitting is notable, even by today’s standards of populist outrage.
An advantage for couples with widely divergent incomes
The row was sparked by Germany’s vice chancellor and finance minister, Lars Klingbeil, of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), who said he wanted to abolish and replace the joint taxation of spouses’ income, a system that has been in place since 1958.
How exactly does spousal tax splitting work? In Germany, married couples (and since 2013, couples in civil partnerships), can choose to have their income assessed jointly by the tax authorities.
It means that the taxable income for both spouses together is halved – as if both partners had each earned an equal half of the income. Their tax liability is then determined by simply doubling the income tax due on one half.
As people who earn more pay higher taxes in Germany, this system benefits couples where one partner (and often this is still the man) earns significantly more than the other (in practice often the woman).
Costs of up to €25 billion per year
If for example one partner earns €60,000 ($70,512) a year and the other partner earns nothing, the couple will be taxed as if they earned €30,000 each. In this example, the couple would save nearly €5,800 in taxes per year compared to the amount they would owe if both partners filed their taxes separately. According to the Finance Ministry, spousal tax splitting costs the government a total of up to €25 billion annually.
Some critics have long viewed splitting as a tool to keep women out of the labor market, because the more a woman earns, the larger her tax burden becomes. Klingbeil seems to agree, arguing on ARD television in late March that the system was “out of step with the times.” The spousal splitting system reflects “a view of women and families that is completely at odds with my own,” he said.
Chancellor Merz said to be in favor of splitting
On Monday of this week, Klingbeil got some surprising support on this from Johannes Winkel, head of the youth wing of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
“Given the demographic reality, the government should create incentives to ensure that both partners in a relationship are employed,” Winkel told the Funke Media Group. “In the future, tax relief should primarily be granted to married couples when they are facing hardships related to raising children.”
But the chancellor is a vocal skeptic of the proposal. “I am not convinced by the claim that joint filing for married couples discourages women from working,” Friedrich Merz said at a conference organized by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. “Marriage is a relationship based on shared income and mutual support. And in a marriage, income must be treated as a joint income for tax purposes, not separately.”
Klingbeil’s alternative plan
At around 74%, the labor force participation rate for women in Germany is one of the highest in Europe, but half of them work part-time.
Klingbeil’s idea is to replace the existing system with a more flexible approach: Both partners would be able to distribute tax-free income among themselves in such a way that it minimizes their tax liability. This would allow the couple to continue enjoying a tax advantage, albeit not to the same extent as before. And whether one partner earns more than the other would become less important.
However, it remains to be seen whether Klingbeil will be able to push through his proposal. Aside from Germany, similar regulations offering tax benefits to couples exist in Poland, Luxembourg, Portugal and France.
This article was originally written in German.
The $537,000-a-year office created in 2014 to advise the City Council on financial issues and avoid a repeat of the parking meter fiasco has failed to deliver on that mission, the city’s chief watchdog said Tuesday.
Days before concluding her four-year term, Inspector General Deborah Witzburg said a shortage of both adequate staff and financial information closely held by the mayor’s office prevents the Council’s Office of Financial Analysis from helping the Council be the the “co-equal branch of government” it aspires to be.
In a budget rebellion not seen since “Council Wars” in the 1980s, a majority of alderpersons led by conservative and moderate Democrats rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax and approved an alternative budget, including several revenue-generating items the mayor’s office adamantly opposed.
But Witzburg said the renegades would have been in an even better position to challenge Johnson if only their financial analysis office had been “equipped and positioned to do what it’s supposed to do” — provide the Council with “objective, independent financial analysis.”
“We are entering new territory where the City Council is asserting new, independent authority over the budget process. It can’t do that in a meaningful way without its own access to financial analysis,” Witzburg told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg’s latest report focuses on the Chicago City Council’s Office of Financial Analysis.
Jim Vondruska/Jim Vondruska/For the Sun-Times
But the Council’s financial analysis office, she added, “has never been equipped or positioned to do what it needs to do. It needs better and more independent access to data, and it needs enough staff to do its job. It has a small number of employees and comparatively limited access to data.”
The inspector general’s farewell audit examined the period from 2015 through 2023. During that time, the financial analysis office budget authorized “either three or four” full-time employees. It now has a staff of five .
Witzburg is recommending a staffing analysis to identify how many people the financial office really needs — and also recommending that the office “get data directly” from other city departments, “ rather than having it go through the mayor’s office.”
The audit further recommends that the office develop “better procedures to meet their reporting requirements” in a timely manner. As it stands now, reports are delivered “sometimes late, sometimes not at all,” the inspector general said.
“We find that those reports have been both not timely and not complete in terms of what they are required to report on and that those reports therefore have provided limited assistance to the City Council in its responsibility to make decisions about the city’s budget,” she said.
The Council Office of Financial Analysis responded to the audit by saying it hopes to add at least three full-time staffers in the short term and has made “some progress” over the last three years in improving their access to data, but not enough.
The office was created in 2014 to provide Council members with expert advice on fiscal issues.
For nearly two years the reform was stuck in the mud over whether former 46th Ward Ald. Helen Shiller had the independence and policy expertise to lead the office.
Shiller ultimately withdrew her name, but the office was a bust nevertheless. In an attempt to breathe new life into it, sponsors pushed through a series of changes.
Instead of allowing the Budget chair alone to request a financial analysis on a proposal impacting the city budget, any alderperson was allowed to make that request.
The office was further required to produce activity reports quarterly, not just annually.
Now former-Budget Chair Pat Dowell (3rd) then chose Kenneth Williams Sr., a former analyst for the office, as director and gave him the “autonomy” the ordinance demanded.
Two years ago, a bizarre standoff developed in the office.
Budget Committee Chair Jason Ervin (28th) was empowered to dump Williams after Williams refused to leave to make way for a director of Ervin’s own choosing.
The standoff began when Williams said he was summoned to Ervin’s office and told the newly appointed Budget chair was “going in a different direction, and I’m putting you on administrative leave” with pay.
“He took all my credentials and access away. I would love to come to work. I wasn’t allowed to come to work,” Williams said then.
Williams collected a paycheck for doing nothing while serving out the final days remainder of a four-year term.
Ervin’s resolution stated the director “may be removed at any time with or without cause by a two-thirds” vote or 34 alderpersons. He chose Janice Oda-Gray, who remains chief administrator.
Little League® International has announced that Reilly Barnes accepted a new role as Purchasing/Finance Assistant, effective April 6, 2026. Barnes transitions from a temporary Purchasing Assistant to this full-time position to assist in the year-round demands of purchasing for the organization, as well as the region and Little League Baseball and Softball World Series tournaments.
“We are thrilled to welcome back Reilly to our team as a full-time Purchasing/Finance Assistant. Reilly’s prior experience, time management, and attention to detail make him an invaluable asset to the purchasing team,” said Nancy Grove, Little League Materials Management Director. “We look forward to the positive contributions he will have on our organization.”
In this role, Barnes will be responsible for processing purchase requisitions, coordinating souvenir products, and tracking order fulfillment. He will also assist with evaluating suppliers, reviewing product quality, and negotiating contracts for effective operations.
After most recently working as a Logistician Analyst at Precision Air in Charleston, South Carolina, Barnes, a Williamsport native, returns after honing his skills in the fast-paced environment. Prior to his time at Precision Air, Barnes served as a Procurement Specialist at The Medical University of South Carolina, where his expertise and knowledge were instrumental in supporting both education and healthcare needs.
“I am thrilled to return to Little League in this full-time role,” said Barnes. “Coming back to my hometown and having the opportunity to work for an organization that has played such a special part of my upbringing means a lot. I can’t wait begin this new opportunity.”
Barnes graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2022 with a B.A. in Supply Chain Management, Finance, and Business Analytics.
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