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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Earnings Before Income Taxes and Provision for Income Taxes

Significant components of earnings before income taxes and the provision for income taxes are as follows (in millions):

		Year Ended December 31,
		2020				2019				2018
Earnings before income taxes:
United States		$	524.4			$	388.4			$	337.6
Foreign, principally Australia, Canada, New Zealand    and the U.K.			346.5				237.7				141.8
Total earnings before income taxes		$	870.9			$	626.1			$	479.4
Provision (benefit) for income taxes:
Federal:
Current		$	43.6			$	3.8			$	—
Deferred			(112.4	)			(142.5	)			(214.0	)
			(68.8	)			(138.7	)			(214.0	)
State and local:
Current			36.6				11.1				15.4
Deferred			(19.3	)			(6.0	)			(29.0	)
			17.3				5.1				(13.6	)
Foreign:
Current			94.6				66.6				60.7
Deferred			(30.3	)			(22.7	)			(29.6	)
			64.3				43.9				31.1
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes		$	12.8			$	(89.7	)		$	(196.5	)

Reconciliation of Provision for Income Taxes with Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate

A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes with the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate is as follows (in millions, except percentages):

		Year Ended December 31,
		2020								2019								2018
		Amount				% of Pretax Earnings				Amount				% of Pretax Earnings				Amount				% of Pretax Earnings
Federal statutory rate		$	182.9				21.0			$	131.5				21.0			$	100.7				21.0
State income taxes - net of    Federal benefit			22.2				2.6				4.4				0.7				8.5				1.8
Differences related to non U.S. operations			(2.5	)			(0.3	)			(10.1	)			(1.6	)			(14.8	)			(3.1	)
Alternative energy and other    tax credits			(154.3	)			(17.7	)			(196.1	)			(31.3	)			(252.9	)			(52.8	)
Other permanent differences			(15.7	)			(1.8	)			(7.6	)			(1.2	)			0.9				0.2
U.S. repatriation tax			-				-				-				-				(1.8	)			(0.4	)
Stock-based compensation			(31.4	)			(3.6	)			(16.2	)			(2.6	)			(15.0	)			(3.1	)
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits			-				-				0.8				0.1				(0.2	)			-
Change in valuation allowance			6.5				0.7				7.5				1.2				(22.0	)			(4.6	)
Change in tax rates			5.5				0.6				(3.7	)			(0.6	)			-				-
Other			(0.4	)			-				(0.2	)			-				0.1				-
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		$	12.8			$	1.5			$	(89.7	)		$	(14.3	)		$	(196.5	)		$	(41.0	)

Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in millions):

		December 31,
		2020				2019
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1		$	11.5			$	10.7
Increases in tax positions for current year			2.9				2.1
Settlements			(1.1	)			(0.4	)
Lapse in statute of limitations			(1.2	)			(1.1	)
Increases in tax positions for prior years			0.2				0.6
Decreases in tax positions for prior years			(1.1	)			(0.4	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31		$	11.2			$	11.5

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in millions):

		December 31,
		2020				2019
Deferred tax assets:
Alternative minimum tax and other credit carryforwards		$	998.0			$	962.1
Accrued and unfunded compensation and employee benefits			239.9				156.0
Amortizable intangible assets			61.3				54.3
Compensation expense related to stock options			14.4				11.3
Accrued liabilities			65.7				63.9
Accrued pension liability			9.3				9.9
Investments			1.3				0.9
Net operating loss carryforwards			36.1				37.2
Capital loss carryforwards			9.0				12.6
Lease liabilities			96.3				65.3
Hedging instruments			34.6				11.7
Other			2.8				4.3
Total deferred tax assets			1,568.7				1,389.5
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets			(94.9	)			(80.5	)
Deferred tax assets			1,473.8				1,309.0
Deferred tax liabilities:
Nondeductible amortizable intangible assets			316.9				322.4
Investment-related partnerships			8.5				9.1
Depreciable fixed assets			32.4				22.4
Right-of-use assets			92.2				62.6
Revenue recognition			33.1				63.7
Other prepaid items			12.0				10.6
Total deferred tax liabilities			495.1				490.8
Net deferred tax assets		$	978.7			$	818.2

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