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Income Taxes
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure of income tax [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
10.INCOME TAXES
The following table represents the major components of income tax expense recognized in net earnings for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Current income tax expense $30.1 $12.7 
Deferred income tax expense43.9 20.1 
Income tax expense recognized in net earnings $74.0 $32.8 
The statutory tax rate for 2020 was 25.0% (2019 – 25.0%). The following table reconciles the expected income tax expense at the Canadian combined statutory income tax rate to the amounts recognized in net earnings for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Earnings before income taxes$218.2 $128.9 
Statutory tax rate25.0 %25.0 %
Expected income tax expense based on above rates$54.6 $32.2 
Effect of higher tax rates in foreign jurisdictions3.5 1.0 
Non-deductible expenses1.0 (1.4)
Impact of local mining taxes14.1 7.2 
Impact of foreign exchange3.1 (13.2)
Impact of renouncement of flow through share expenditures0.9 0.8 
Withholding tax0.9 1.2 
Change in unrecognized temporary differences(3.0)4.6 
Other(1.1)0.4 
Income tax expense$74.0 $32.8 
The following table reflects the change in deferred income tax liability at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Balance, beginning of year$513.7 $491.5 
Deferred income tax expense recognized in net earnings43.9 20.1 
Deferred income tax expense recognized in OCI2.3 2.1 
Balance, end of year$559.9 $513.7 
The following reflects the deferred income tax liability at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Accounting value of mineral property, plant and equipment in excess of tax value$591.8 $557.0 
Accounting value of inventories in excess of tax value8.8 7.9 
Other taxable temporary differences(25.5)(19.8)
Non-capital losses carried forward(15.2)(31.4)
Deferred income tax liability$559.9 $513.7 
The Company has Canadian tax losses of $59.7 million expiring between 2025 and 2039, Mexican tax losses of $24.9 million expiring between 2021 and 2030, United States tax losses of $19.4 million expiring between 2028 and 2037, as well as Turkish tax losses of $3.7 million expiring between 2021 and 2025.
The Company has unrecognized deferred income tax assets at December 31, 2020 in respect of aggregate loss carryforwards, deductible temporary differences and unused tax credits. The unrecognized loss carryforwards, deductible temporary differences and unused tax credits are $77.2 million (December 31, 2019 -$96.8 million).
At December 31, 2020, the Company has unrecognized deferred income tax liabilities on taxable temporary differences of $50.1 million (December 31, 2019 - $17.8 million) for taxes that would be payable on the unremitted earnings of certain subsidiaries of the Company.