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6. Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
U.S. and international components of income before taxes [Table Text Block]
The U.S. and international components of income before taxes are as follows (in millions):

 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
U.S.
 
$
30.6

 
$
5.7

 
$
110.6

International
 
101.0

 
106.7

 
119.3

Income before taxes
 
$
131.6

 
$
112.4

 
$
229.9

Provision for income taxes [Table Text Block]
The provision for income taxes consists of the following (in millions):

 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Current tax expense (benefit):
 
 

 
 

 
 

U.S. Federal
 
$
9.6

 
$
(5.0
)
 
$
34.4

State
 
3.8

 
0.6

 
4.1

International
 
35.6

 
38.3

 
37.3

Current tax expense
 
49.0

 
33.9

 
75.8

Deferred tax (benefit) expense:
 
 

 
 
 
 

U.S. Federal
 
1.5

 
4.8

 
(3.1
)
State
 
(0.2
)
 
(0.1
)
 
(0.9
)
International
 
(7.3
)
 
(9.4
)
 
(6.3
)
Deferred tax benefit
 
(6.0
)
 
(4.7
)
 
(10.3
)
Non-current tax expense (benefit)
 
(0.3
)
 
5.4

 
(1.1
)
Provision for income taxes
 
$
42.7

 
$
34.6

 
$
64.4

Reconcilation of effective tax rate on inocme before taxes and statutory rate [Table Text Block]
The reconciliation between our effective tax rate on income before taxes and the statutory tax rate is as follows:

 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
U.S. statutory tax rate
 
35
 %
 
35
 %
 
35
 %
Impact of foreign operations
 
(4
)
 
(6
)
 
(3
)
Research tax credits
 
(3
)
 
(6
)
 

Nontaxable subsidies
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(1
)
Tax settlements and changes to unrecognized tax benefits
 
(1
)
 
5

 

Fines and penalties
 
3

 
1

 

Contingent consideration
 

 
(1
)
 
(2
)
Other
 
4

 
5

 
(1
)
Provision for income taxes
 
32
 %
 
31
 %
 
28
 %
Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities [Table Text Block]
Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the tax effects of losses, credits, and temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.  Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in millions):

 
 
December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
Deferred tax assets:
 
 

 
 

Bad debt, inventory and warranty accruals
 
$
25.3

 
$
27.5

Legal reserves
 
2.0

 
12.0

Other post-employment benefits, vacation and other reserves
 
23.6

 
22.2

Tax credit and net operating loss carryforwards
 
60.5

 
62.3

Other
 
28.4

 
19.0

    Total gross deferred tax assets
 
139.8

 
143.0

Valuation allowance
 
(58.6
)
 
(64.0
)
       Total deferred tax assets
 
81.2

 
79.0

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment
 
12.9

 
17.2

Investments and intangible assets
 
158.2

 
147.0

        Total deferred tax liabilities
 
171.1

 
164.2

Net deferred tax liabilities
 
$
(89.9
)
 
$
(85.2
)
Tabular reconcilation of total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits [Table Text Block]
The following is a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits (in millions):
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Unrecognized tax benefits – January 1
 
$
16.2

 
$
12.6

 
$
11.3

Additions to tax positions related to prior years
 
1.7

 
4.7

 
1.3

Reductions to tax positions related to prior years
 
(1.5
)
 
(0.8
)
 
(0.8
)
Additions to tax positions related to the current year
 
1.6

 
2.0

 
1.6

Settlements
 
(0.4
)
 
(0.3
)
 

Lapse of statute of limitations
 
(2.6
)
 
(1.7
)
 
(3.0
)
Acquisitions
 

 

 
2.2

Currency translation
 
(0.8
)
 
(0.3
)
 

Unrecognized tax benefits – December 31
 
$
14.2

 
$
16.2

 
$
12.6