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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Consolidated Income Before Provision for Income Taxes and Equity in Net Income of Affiliates and Components of Provision for Income Taxes

A summary of consolidated income before provision for income taxes and equity in net income of affiliates and the components of provision for income taxes is shown below (in millions):

For the year ended December 31,	2018				2017				2016
Consolidated income before provision for income taxes and equity in net income of affiliates:
Domestic	$	726.2			$	449.5			$	457.3
Foreign	812.2				1,077.2				881.0
	$	1,538.4			$	1,526.7			$	1,338.3
Domestic (benefit) provision for income taxes:
Current provision	$	35.0			$	25.8			$	46.6
Deferred (benefit) provision	91.5				(46.1		)		99.2
Total domestic (benefit) provision	126.5				(20.3		)		145.8
Foreign provision for income taxes:
Current provision	190.2				253.0				220.0
Deferred (benefit) provision	(4.8		)		(35.2		)		4.4
Total foreign provision	185.4				217.8				224.4
Provision for income taxes	$	311.9			$	197.5			$	370.2

Summary of Difference Between Provision for Income Taxes Calculated at United States Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate and Consolidated Provision for Income Taxes

A summary of the differences between the provision for income taxes calculated at the United States federal statutory income tax rate of 21% in 2018 and 35% in 2017 and 2016 and the consolidated provision for income taxes is shown below (in millions):

For the year ended December 31,	2018				2017				2016
Consolidated income before provision for income taxes and equity in net income of affiliates multiplied by the United States federal statutory income tax rate	$	323.1			$	534.4			$	468.4
Differences in income taxes on foreign earnings, losses and remittances	56.6				(128.9		)		(43.9		)
Valuation allowance adjustments	(52.4		)		(56.8		)		(44.2		)
Research and development and other tax credits	(9.9		)		(26.8		)		(2.7		)
Repatriation of certain foreign earnings	—				(289.7		)		—
Transition tax on accumulated foreign earnings	(15.1		)		131.0				—
U.S. tax rate change and other tax reform items	9.8				42.5				—
Foreign-derived intangible income ("FDII") deduction	(27.6		)		—				—
U.S. expenses apportioned to GILTI and foreign branches (1)	17.6				—				—
Tax audits and assessments	6.9				(1.4		)		(1.8		)
Other	2.9				(6.8		)		(5.6		)
Provision for income taxes	$	311.9			$	197.5			$	370.2

(1) This item reflects the U.S. tax impact of apportioning U.S. expenses against the GILTI and foreign branch baskets in calculating the foreign tax credit limitation resulting in no tax benefit for these expenses due to the Company’s excess foreign tax credit position in each of the GILTI and foreign branch baskets.

Summary of Components of Net Deferred Income Tax Asset

A summary of the components of the net deferred income tax asset is shown below (in millions):

December 31,	2018				2017
Deferred income tax assets:
Tax loss carryforwards	$	420.2			$	452.9
Tax credit carryforwards	260.6				341.0
Retirement benefit plans	54.2				58.2
Accrued liabilities	136.9				144.1
Self-insurance reserves	5.3				5.9
Current asset basis differences	37.8				37.4
Long-term asset basis differences	(77.7		)		(88.1		)
Deferred compensation	35.9				41.4
Recoverable customer engineering, development and tooling	0.1				3.6
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	(75.0		)		(41.7		)
Derivative instruments and hedging activities	0.3				3.3
Other	(2.7		)		(0.4		)
	795.9				957.6
Valuation allowance	(350.4		)		(402.2		)
Net deferred income tax asset	$	445.5			$	555.4

Classification of Net Deferred Income Tax Asset

The classification of the net deferred income tax asset is shown below (in millions):

December 31,	2018				2017
Long-term deferred income tax assets	$	528.8			$	646.8
Long-term deferred income tax liabilities	(83.3		)		(91.4		)
Net deferred income tax asset	$	445.5			$	555.4

Summary of Changes in Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A summary of the changes in gross unrecognized tax benefits is shown below (in millions):

For the year ended December 31,	2018				2017				2016
Balance at beginning of period	$	33.2			$	29.5			$	30.4
Additions based on tax positions related to current year	7.9				5.4				4.0
Additions (reductions) based on tax positions related to prior years	0.1				(0.3		)		(0.9		)
Settlements	—				(0.8		)		—
Statute expirations	(2.7		)		(2.2		)		(2.9		)
Foreign currency translation	(1.8		)		1.6				(1.1		)
Balance at end of period	$	36.7			$	33.2			$	29.5

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