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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Income Taxes |
Schedule of the components of income before income taxes and the provision for income taxes |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Income before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 161.4 |  | $ | 152.8 |  | $ | 145.8 |
Foreign |  | 811.1 |  | 693.8 |  | 633.0 |
|  | $ | 972.5 |  | $ | 846.6 |  | $ | 778.8 |
Current tax provision: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 63.7 |  | $ | 47.5 |  | $ | 54.6 |
Foreign |  | 183.1 |  | 162.3 |  | 163.1 |
|  | 246.8 |  | 209.8 |  | 217.7 |
Deferred tax provision (benefit): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | (0.7 | ) | (0.1 | ) | 7.7 |
Foreign |  | 11.2 |  | (1.8 | ) | (6.1 | )
|  | 10.5 |  | (1.9 | ) | 1.6 |
Total provision for income taxes |  | $ | 257.3 |  | $ | 207.9 |  | $ | 219.3 |
Schedule of differences between the U.S. statutory federal tax rate and the Company's effective income tax rate |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
U.S. statutory federal tax rate |  | 35.0 | % | 35.0 | % | 35.0 | %
State and local taxes |  | 0.4 |  | 0.6 |  | 0.6 |
Foreign earnings and dividends taxed at different rates |  | (8.3 | ) | (9.4 | ) | (7.9 | )
Valuation allowance |  | (0.4 | ) | 0.2 |  | (0.2 | )
Tax impact of the delay in American Taxpayer Relief Act |  | — |  | (1.3 | ) | 1.5 |
Other |  | (0.2 | ) | (0.5 | ) | (0.8 | )
Effective tax rate |  | 26.5 | % | 24.6 | % | 28.2 | %
Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities, excluding the valuation allowance |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Deferred tax assets relating to: |  |  |  |  |
Accrued liabilities and reserves |  | $ | 27.3 |  | $ | 25.3 |
Operating loss and tax credit carryforwards |  | 26.2 |  | 19.6 |
Pensions, net |  | 61.1 |  | 35.2 |
Inventory reserves |  | 22.6 |  | 18.8 |
Employee benefits |  | 35.6 |  | 32.0 |
|  | $ | 172.8 |  | $ | 130.9 |
Deferred tax liabilities relating to: |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | $ | 129.4 |  | $ | 108.5 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 36.1 |  | 4.2 |
Contingent consideration |  | 6.6 |  | 6.6 |
|  | $ | 172.1 |  | $ | 119.3 |
Schedule of reconciliation of gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits excluding interest and penalties |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Unrecognized tax benefits as of January 1 |  | $ | 24.8 |  | $ | 26.4 |  | $ | 20.2 |
Gross increases and gross decreases for tax positions in prior periods |  | 2.2 |  | 1.4 |  | 11.3 |
Gross increases - current period tax position |  | 2.6 |  | 2.4 |  | 1.5 |
Settlements |  | (0.5 | ) | — |  | (3.1 | )
Lapse of statute of limitations |  | (1.4 | ) | (5.4 | ) | (3.5 | )
Unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31 |  | $ | 27.7 |  | $ | 24.8 |  | $ | 26.4 |

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