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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income Tax Provision Attributable to Controlling and Non-Controlling Interests | The following table presents our consolidated provision for income taxes:
|  | For the Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017
Controlling interests: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current tax |  | $ | 152.4 |  |  | $ | 168.1 |  |  | $ | 173.8 |
Intangible-related deferred taxes |  | 77.7 |  |  | 84.3 |  |  | (98.5 | )
Other deferred taxes |  | 27.7 |  |  | (23.2 | ) |  | (24.9 | )
Total controlling interests |  | 257.8 |  |  | 229.2 |  |  | 50.4 |
Non-controlling interests: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current tax |  | $ | 9.8 |  |  | $ | 8.2 |  |  | $ | 8.2 |
Deferred taxes |  | (4.2 | ) |  | (1.8 | ) |  | (0.2 | )
Total non-controlling interests |  | 5.6 |  |  | 6.4 |  |  | 8.0 |
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 263.4 |  |  | $ | 235.6 |  |  | $ | 58.4 |
Income before income taxes (controlling interest) |  | $ | 767.3 |  |  | $ | 702.0 |  |  | $ | 739.9 |
Effective tax rate attributable to controlling interests(1) |  | 33.6 | % |  | 32.6 | % |  | 6.8 | %
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(1) | Taxes attributable to the controlling interest divided by Income before income taxes (controlling interest).
Schedule of Consolidated Provision for Income Taxes | The consolidated provision for income taxes consisted of the following:
|  | For the Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 106.3 |  |  | $ | 103.4 |  |  | $ | 109.0 |
State |  | 18.3 |  |  | 22.9 |  |  | 18.9 |
Foreign |  | 37.6 |  |  | 50.0 |  |  | 54.1 |
Total current |  | 162.2 |  |  | 176.3 |  |  | 182.0 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | 103.8 |  |  | 62.3 |  |  | (124.9 | )
State |  | 14.8 |  |  | 10.0 |  |  | 10.4 |
Foreign |  | (17.4 | ) |  | (13.0 | ) |  | (9.1 | )
Total deferred |  | 101.2 |  |  | 59.3 |  |  | (123.6 | )
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 263.4 |  |  | $ | 235.6 |  |  | $ | 58.4 |
Schedule of Components of Income before Income Taxes | For financial reporting purposes, Income before income taxes consisted of the following:
|  | For the Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017
Domestic |  | $ | 827.6 |  |  | $ | 688.1 |  |  | $ | 756.5 |
International |  | 263.0 |  |  | 286.5 |  |  | 310.6 |
|  | $ | 1,090.6 |  |  | $ | 974.6 |  |  | $ | 1,067.1 |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Computed Using Income before Income Taxes and Applying U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate | The following table reconciles the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017
Statutory U.S. federal tax rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit | 2.6 |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | 2.7 |
Effect of foreign operations | (3.5 | ) |  | (4.6 | ) |  | (5.4 | )
Equity compensation | 0.8 |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.7 | )
Effect of changes in tax law, rates | (0.8 | ) |  | (0.3 | ) |  | (25.2 | )
Other | (0.5 | ) |  | — |  |  | 0.4 |
Effective tax rate (controlling interest) | 33.6 | % |  | 32.6 | % |  | 6.8 | %
Effect of income from non-controlling interests | (9.2 | ) |  | (8.4 | ) |  | (1.3 | )
Effective tax rate | 24.4 | % |  | 24.2 | % |  | 5.5 | %
Schedule of Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The significant components of the Company’s Deferred income tax liability (net) are as follows:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2017
Deferred Tax Assets |  |  |  |
State net operating loss carryforwards |  | $ | 17.4 |  |  | $ | 16.8 |
Foreign loss carryforwards |  | 14.6 |  |  | 16.3 |
Tax benefit of uncertain tax positions |  | 12.1 |  |  | 11.4 |
Deferred compensation |  | 34.1 |  |  | 10.4 |
Foreign tax credits |  | 10.0 |  |  | — |
Accrued expenses |  | 3.9 |  |  | 1.3 |
Total deferred tax assets |  | 92.1 |  |  | 56.2 |
Valuation allowance |  | (22.1 | ) |  | (24.1 | )
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance |  | $ | 70.0 |  |  | $ | 32.1 |
Deferred Tax Liabilities |  |  |  |
Intangible asset amortization |  | $ | (396.8 | ) |  | $ | (258.6 | )
Non-deductible intangible amortization |  | (177.0 | ) |  | (150.8 | )
Convertible securities interest |  | (109.0 | ) |  | (77.9 | )
Deferred income |  | (47.2 | ) |  | (5.9 | )
Other |  | (0.8 | ) |  | (6.3 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | (730.8 | ) |  | (499.5 | )
Deferred income tax liability (net) |  | $ | (660.8 | ) |  | $ | (467.4 | )
Schedule of Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the changes in unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
|  | For the Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017
Balance, as of January 1, |  | $ | 28.8 |  |  | $ | 26.9 |  |  | $ | 26.8 |
Additions based on current year tax positions |  | 2.2 |  |  | 3.8 |  |  | 6.0 |
Additions based on prior years’ tax positions |  | 1.6 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 1.5 |
Reductions related to lapses of statutes of limitations |  | (4.3 | ) |  | (4.7 | ) |  | (2.3 | )
Additions (reductions) related to foreign exchange rates |  | (1.4 | ) |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.4 |
Balance, as of December 31, |  | $ | 26.9 |  |  | $ | 26.8 |  |  | $ | 32.4 |

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