v3.8.0.1

Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of earnings before income taxes | Earnings before income taxes for the years ended December 31 were as follows ($ in millions):
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
United States | $ | 816.7 |  |  | $ | 812.9 |  |  | $ | 913.8 |
International | 467.5 |  |  | 384.1 |  |  | 355.9 |
Total | $ | 1,284.2 |  |  | $ | 1,197.0 |  |  | $ | 1,269.7 |
Schedule of provision for income taxes | The provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31 were as follows ($ in millions):
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal U.S. | $ | 215.9 |  |  | $ | 227.4 |  |  | $ | 310.8 |
Non-U.S. | 88.7 |  |  | 74.6 |  |  | 54.3 |
State and local | 13.3 |  |  | 32.7 |  |  | 32.8 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
Federal U.S. | (79.5 | ) |  | (4.6 | ) |  | (4.0 | )
Non-U.S. | (2.2 | ) |  | (3.0 | ) |  | 12.7 |
State and local | 3.5 |  |  | (2.4 | ) |  | (0.7 | )
Income tax provision | $ | 239.7 |  |  | $ | 324.7 |  |  | $ | 405.9 |
Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities | Deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of December 31 were as follows ($ in millions):
| 2017 |  | 2016
Deferred Tax Assets: |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 22.0 |  |  | $ | 28.5 |
Inventories | 31.3 |  |  | 33.0 |
Pension benefits | 41.2 |  |  | 49.1 |
Environmental and regulatory compliance | 17.7 |  |  | 18.9 |
Other accruals and prepayments | 35.2 |  |  | 44.2 |
Deferred service income | 14.5 |  |  | 10.5 |
Warranty services | 29.0 |  |  | 27.1 |
Stock compensation expense | 36.4 |  |  | 31.7 |
Tax credit and loss carryforwards | 61.4 |  |  | 74.0 |
Other | 7.3 |  |  | 8.0 |
Valuation allowances | (27.7 | ) |  | (26.7 | )
Total deferred tax assets | 268.3 |  |  | 298.3 |
Deferred Tax Liabilities: |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment | (79.9 | ) |  | (33.2 | )
Insurance, including self-insurance | (138.7 | ) |  | (85.2 | )
Goodwill and other intangibles | (607.6 | ) |  | (416.5 | )
Other | (20.0 | ) |  | (10.0 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities | (846.2 | ) |  | (544.9 | )
Provisional estimate of the deferred tax asset revaluation | (54.5 | ) |  | — |
Provisional estimate of the deferred tax liability revaluation | 274.0 |  |  | — |
Net deferred tax liability | $ | (358.4 | ) |  | $ | (246.6 | )
Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation | The effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31 varies from the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate as follows:
| Percentage of Pretax Earnings
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Statutory federal income tax rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Increase (decrease) in tax rate resulting from: |  |  |  |  |
State income taxes (net of federal income tax benefit) | 0.7 | % |  | 1.7 | % |  | 1.8 | %
Foreign income taxed at lower rate than U.S. statutory rate | (5.0 | )% |  | (4.7 | )% |  | (4.6 | )%
Separation related adjustments for final resolution of uncertain tax positions | — | % |  | (1.9 | )% |  | — | %
Research and experimentation credits and federal domestic production deduction | (2.9 | )% |  | (2.5 | )% |  | (2.1 | )%
Other | (3.6 | )% |  | (0.5 | )% |  | 1.9 | %
Effective income tax rate prior to the impact of the TCJA | 24.2 | % |  | 27.1 | % |  | 32.0 | %
Deferred Tax Revaluation | (16.0 | )% |  | — | % |  | — | %
Transition Tax | 10.5 | % |  | — | % |  | — | %
Total provisional estimates related to the TCJA | (5.5 | )% |  | — | % |  | — | %
Estimated effective income tax rate including provisional estimates of the TCJA | 18.7 | % |  | 27.1 | % |  | 32.0 | %
Schedule of unrecognized tax benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding amounts accrued for potential interest and penalties, is as follows ($ in millions):
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of year | $ | 28.6 |  |  | $ | 169.9 |  |  | $ | 167.2 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 25.3 |  |  | 6.0 |  |  | 18.4 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 7.8 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 9.7 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (1.9 | ) |  | (1.2 | ) |  | (13.4 | )
Lapse of statute of limitations | (3.3 | ) |  | (1.3 | ) |  | (5.5 | )
Settlements | (0.6 | ) |  | (0.6 | ) |  | (1.5 | )
Effect of foreign currency translation | 1.9 |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (5.0 | )
Separation related adjustments (a) | 1.2 |  |  | (144.2 | ) |  | — |
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of year | $ | 59.0 |  |  | $ | 28.6 |  |  | $ | 169.9 |
(a) Unrecognized tax benefits were reduced by $144 million in 2016 related to positions taken prior to the Separation for which Danaher, as the Former Parent, is the primary obligor and is responsible for settlement and payment of the tax expenses.

X
- References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_IncomeTaxDisclosureAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32639-109319 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfComponentsOfIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitTableTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32537-109319 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfDeferredTaxAssetsAndLiabilitiesTableTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32687-109319 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfEffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTableTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of income before income tax between domestic and foreign jurisdictions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)(1)(i)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfIncomeBeforeIncomeTaxDomesticAndForeignTableTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of the change in unrecognized tax benefits. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 217 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=75116239&loc=d3e36027-109320 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=SL6600010-109319 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsRollForwardTableTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration