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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Earnings (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
Following is a summary of earnings from continuing operations before income taxes for United States and foreign operations:
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
United States
$
331,553

 
288,627

 
164,122

Foreign
332,338

 
156,944

 
140,370

Earnings before income taxes
$
663,891

 
445,571

 
304,492

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 consists of the following:
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Current income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. federal
$
100,826

 
84,686

 
26,204

State and local
13,686

 
9,774

 
4,583

Foreign
41,151

 
46,450

 
13,775

Total current
155,663

 
140,910

 
44,562

Deferred income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. federal
31,052

 
5,280

 
31,106

State and local
(3,473
)
 
(5,720
)
 
4,704

Foreign
(51,605
)
 
(62,085
)
 
(26,773
)
Total deferred
(24,026
)
 
(62,525
)
 
9,037

Total
$
131,637

 
78,385

 
53,599

Reconciliation Of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Income tax expense (benefit) attributable to earnings from continuing operations before income taxes differs from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to earnings from continuing operations before income taxes as follows:
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Income taxes at statutory rate
$
232,362

 
155,950

 
106,572

State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
9,239

 
9,317

 
6,004

Foreign income taxes
(89,385
)
 
(80,937
)
 
(66,538
)
Change in valuation allowance
(6,482
)
 
(1,846
)
 
5,703

Tax contingencies and audit settlements
(7,882
)
 
(4,076
)
 
(3,598
)
Other, net
(6,215
)
 
(23
)
 
5,456

 
$
131,637

 
78,385

 
53,599

Deferred Tax Assets And Deferred Tax Liabilities
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 are presented below:
 
2014
 
2013
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
$
12,454

 
17,346

Inventories
53,120

 
50,423

Employee benefits
58,461

 
55,479

Accrued expenses and other
62,287

 
72,582

Deductible state tax and interest benefit
7,067

 
7,927

Intangibles
62,079

 
92,164

Federal, foreign and state net operating losses and credits
432,906

 
438,272

Gross deferred tax assets
688,374

 
734,193

Valuation allowance
(300,472
)
 
(375,859
)
Net deferred tax assets
387,902

 
358,334

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Inventories
(4,224
)
 
(11,140
)
Plant and equipment
(422,350
)
 
(413,989
)
Intangibles
(194,717
)
 
(208,159
)
Other liabilities
(19,564
)
 
(25,387
)
Gross deferred tax liabilities
(640,855
)
 
(658,675
)
Net deferred tax liability (1)
$
(252,953
)
 
(300,341
)
(1)
This amount includes $6,027 and $9,183 of non-current deferred tax assets which are in deferred income taxes and other non-current assets and $9,090 and $11,235 current deferred tax liabilities which are included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
 
2014
 
2013
Balance as of January 1
$
56,545

 
53,835

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
3,424

 
3,840

Additions for tax positions of prior years
219

 
15,275

Reductions for tax positions of prior years

 
(5,736
)
Reductions resulting from the lapse of the statute of limitations
(4,925
)
 
(6,075
)
Settlements with taxing authorities
(919
)
 
(4,594
)
Effects of foreign currency translation
(4,745
)
 

Balance as of December 31
$
49,599

 
56,545