Sales and Marketing Expenses
Sales and marketing expenses in the three months ended July 1 2023 remained flat compared to the three months ended July 2, 2022.
Sales and marketing expenses in the six months ended July 1 2023, decreased by $2 million, or 3%, compared to the six months ended July 1, 2023. This decrease was mainly due to a decrease of $8 million in amortization of customer relationship and brand-related intangible assets partially offset by an increase of $5 million in advertising and marketing expenses.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses in the three months ended July 1, 2023, increased by $6 million, or 55%, compared to the three months ended July 2, 2022. This increase was mainly due to an increase in payroll and related expenses, including an increase of $4 million in share-based compensation, as well as costs related to being a public company, partially offset by the Mobileye IPO related expenses incurred in prior year period.
General and administrative expenses in the six months ended July 1, 2023, increased by $19, or 106%, compared to the six months ended July 2, 2022. This increase was mainly due to an increase in payroll and related expenses, including an increase of $11 million in share-based compensation, as well as costs related to being a public company, partially offset by the Mobileye IPO related expenses incurred in prior year period.
Interest Income (expense) with related party, net and Other Financial Income (expense), net
Interest expense with related party, net in the three months ended July 1, 2023 was $0 million compared to $6 million in the three months ended July 2, 2022, and $0 million compared to $5 million in the six months ended July 1, 2023 and six months ended July 2, 2022, respectively. These changes were due to zero outstanding balances of both the Dividend Note and a loan to Intel as of December 31, 2022.
Other financial income, net, in the three months ended July 1, 2023, was $15 million compared to $4 million in the three months ended July 2, 2022 and $23 million compared to $5 million in the six months ended July 1, 2023 and six months ended July 2, 2022, respectively. This increase was mainly due to interest earned on investment in money market funds, as well as higher interest earned on short term bank deposits.
Benefit (Provision) for Income Tax
In the three months ended July 1, 2023, provision for income tax decreased by $5 million, compared to the three months ended July 2, 2022. This decrease was mainly driven by a change in the jurisdictional composition of our taxable income based on operational results.
In the six months ended July 1, 2023, provision for income tax decreased by $15 million, compared to the six months ended July 2, 2022. This decrease was mainly due to a withholding tax expense of $14 million related to a dividend distribution between entities within the Mobileye Group in the six months ended July 2, 2022.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We believe we have sufficient sources of funding to meet our business requirements and plans for the next 12 months and in the longer term. Cash generated by operations is our primary source of liquidity for funding our strategic business requirements.
Our primary uses of funds have been for funding increases in headcount in our research and development departments and investments attributable to new product development, as well as for funding our capital expenditures. Our capital expenditures have related mainly to the construction of our new sites and campus, data storage and other computer related equipment and were $58 million and $53 million for the six months ended July 1, 2023 and July 2, 2022, respectively.