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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Before Income Taxes by Jurisdiction | The sources of Earnings before income taxes were as follows:
(in millions) | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
United States | $ | 265.5 |  |  | $ | 304.9 |  |  | $ | 246.9 |
Foreign | 77.8 |  |  | 84.1 |  |  | 67.9 |
Earnings before income taxes | $ | 343.3 |  |  | $ | 389.0 |  |  | $ | 314.8 |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Provision (Benefit) | The Income tax provision consisted of the following:
(in millions) | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Current tax expense: |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Federal | $ | 11.0 |  |  | $ | 25.6 |  |  | $ | 21.3 |
State and local | 6.0 |  |  | 4.7 |  |  | 2.2 |
Foreign | 20.6 |  |  | 23.4 |  |  | 17.1 |
Total current | 37.6 |  |  | 53.7 |  |  | 40.6 |
Deferred tax expense: |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Federal | 118.5 |  |  | 56.2 |  |  | 40.4 |
State and local | 1.8 |  |  | 6.7 |  |  | 3.2 |
Foreign | (1.9 | ) |  | (0.2 | ) |  | (0.3 | )
Total deferred | 118.4 |  |  | 62.7 |  |  | 43.3 |
Income tax provision | $ | 156.0 |  |  | $ | 116.4 |  |  | $ | 83.9 |
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Temporary differences and carryforwards giving rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2017 and 2016 are summarized in the table below:
(in millions) | 2017 |  | 2016
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Pension | $ | 25.0 |  |  | $ | 86.2 |
Loss carryforwards | 75.9 |  |  | 71.7 |
Tax credit carryforwards | 43.8 |  |  | 47.3 |
Product warranties | 31.3 |  |  | 41.9 |
Sales incentives and discounts | 25.0 |  |  | 32.0 |
Deferred revenue | 19.2 |  |  | 23.2 |
Equity compensation | 15.1 |  |  | 23.2 |
Compensation and benefits | 4.0 |  |  | 22.2 |
Deferred compensation | 15.4 |  |  | 21.7 |
Postretirement and postemployment benefits | 12.6 |  |  | 20.2 |
Sale of business | 14.4 |  |  | 10.2 |
Other | 48.1 |  |  | 72.7 |
Gross deferred tax assets | 329.8 |  |  | 472.5 |
Valuation allowance | (81.4 | ) |  | (78.1 | )
Deferred tax assets | $ | 248.4 |  |  | $ | 394.4 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization | $ | (57.8 | ) |  | $ | (45.5 | )
State and local income taxes | (21.1 | ) |  | (34.9 | )
Other | (8.7 | ) |  | (8.7 | )
Deferred tax liabilities | $ | (87.6 | ) |  | $ | (89.1 | )
Total net deferred tax assets | $ | 160.8 |  |  | $ | 305.3 |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | The following is a reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits excluding interest and penalties for the 2017, 2016 and 2015 annual reporting periods:
(in millions) | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Balance at January 1 | $ | 3.4 |  |  | $ | 4.7 |  |  | $ | 4.8 |
Gross increases - tax positions prior periods | 0.1 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.4 |
Gross decreases - tax positions prior periods | (0.2 | ) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.1 | )
Gross increases - current period tax positions | 0.4 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.5 |
Decreases - settlements with taxing authorities | (0.5 | ) |  | — |  |  | (0.6 | )
Reductions - lapse of statute of limitations | (1.1 | ) |  | (1.7 | ) |  | — |
Other | — |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | (0.3 | )
Balance at December 31 | $ | 2.1 |  |  | $ | 3.4 |  |  | $ | 4.7 |
Reconciliation of Income Taxes at the Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate to Income Tax Provision (Benefit) | The difference between the actual income tax provision (benefit) and the tax provision computed by applying the statutory Federal income tax rate to Earnings before income taxes is attributable to the following:
(in millions) | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Income tax provision at 35 percent | $ | 120.2 |  |  | $ | 136.2 |  |  | $ | 110.2 |
State and local income taxes, net of Federal income tax effect | 7.4 |  |  | 8.3 |  |  | 7.1 |
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance | 4.7 |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | 0.7 |
Income attributable to domestic production activities | (8.2 | ) |  | (6.1 | ) |  | (8.8 | )
Equity compensation | (7.7 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Change in estimates related to prior years and prior years amended tax return filings | 1.4 |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  | (4.2 | )
Federal and state tax credits | (10.3 | ) |  | (9.1 | ) |  | (8.0 | )
Taxes related to foreign income, net of credits | (25.4 | ) |  | (20.1 | ) |  | (6.8 | )
Taxes related to unremitted earnings | — |  |  | (1.1 | ) |  | (11.4 | )
Tax reserve reassessment | (1.1 | ) |  | (1.4 | ) |  | 0.5 |
Deferred tax reassessment | 2.1 |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | 3.0 |
Tax law changes | 71.8 |  |  | 5.4 |  |  | — |
Other | 1.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.6 |
Actual income tax provision | $ | 156.0 |  |  | $ | 116.4 |  |  | $ | 83.9 |
Effective tax rate | 45.4 | % |  | 29.9 | % |  | 26.7 | %
Income Tax Provision (Benefit) Allocated to Continuing and Discontinued Operations | Income tax provision allocated to continuing operations and discontinued operations for the years ended December 31 was as follows:
(in millions) | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Continuing operations | $ | 156.0 |  |  | $ | 116.4 |  |  | $ | 83.9 |
Discontinued operations | (21.2 | ) |  | (0.0 | ) |  | 4.2 |
Total tax provision | $ | 134.8 |  |  | $ | 116.4 |  |  | $ | 88.1 |

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