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Accounts Receivable and Credit Losses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Receivables [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable |
| December 31,
(In millions) | 2022 |  | 2021
Trade | $ | 759.5 |  |  | 622.8 |
Other | 141.0 |  |  | 95.9 |
Total accounts receivable | 900.5 |  |  | 718.7 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | (38.3) |  |  | (16.9) |
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 862.2 |  |  | 701.8 |
Schedule of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | The following table is a rollforward of the allowance for doubtful accounts:
| Years Ended December 31,
(In millions) | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |
Beginning of year | $ | 16.9 |  |  | 30.7 |  |  | 30.2 |
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2.3 |
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable(a) | 22.3 |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 14.6 |
Write offs and recoveries | (3.4) |  |  | (16.2) |  |  | (17.0) |
Other | 3.2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign currency exchange effects | (0.7) |  |  | (1.0) |  |  | 0.6 |
End of year | $ | 38.3 |  |  | 16.9 |  |  | 30.7 |
(a)The provision includes no allowance in 2022 and 2021 and a $13.1 million allowance in 2020 related to the internal loss in our U.S. global services operations. See Note 1 for details.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the various types of trade accounts and notes receivable and for each the gross carrying value, allowance, and net carrying value as of the balance sheet date. Presentation is categorized by current, noncurrent and unclassified receivables. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3,4) -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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