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INCOME TAXES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in tax rate effect on deferred tax asset expense (benefit) |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (3.3)
Provisional transition tax |  |  |  |  |  |  | 327.4
Foreign tax credits provisional expense (benefit) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (32.3)
Reduction in transition tax |  | $ 4.5 | $ 8.3 |  |  |  |
Increase in deferred tax asset |  | 3.7 |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to tax form related restructuring expense | $ 4.6 | $ 9.1 |  |  | $ 13.7 |  |
Effective income tax rate | 9.20% |  |  | 19.70% | 6.30% | 17.50% |
Transition tax |  |  |  |  | $ 16.4 |  |
Tax settlement |  |  |  |  | 36.1 |  |
Liability for income taxes associated with uncertain tax positions | $ 152.5 |  |  |  | 152.5 |  | 225.6
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits is reasonably possible | 65.9 |  |  |  | 65.9 |  | 94.0
Net amounts that would favorably affect effective tax rate | $ 86.6 |  |  |  | $ 86.6 |  | $ 131.6

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