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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Before Income Taxes
For the years ended December 31, income before income taxes consisted of the following: 
In millions
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Income before income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
301

 
$
362

 
$
388

Foreign
193

 
146

 
190

Total income before income taxes
$
494

 
$
508

 
$
578

Income Tax Expense
For the years ended December 31, income tax expense consisted of the following: 
In millions
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Income tax expense
 
 
 
 
 
Current
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
94

 
$
78

 
$
50

State and local
8

 
10

 
9

Foreign
27

 
26

 
23

Deferred
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
1

 
18

 
72

State and local

 
2

 
7

Foreign
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(2
)
Total income tax expense
$
127

 
$
131

 
$
159

Effective tax rate
25.7
%
 
25.8
%
 
27.5
%
The Difference Between the Effective Tax Rate and the U.S. Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate
The following table presents the principal components of the difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate for the years ended December 31:
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Income tax expense at the U.S. federal tax rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
Foreign income tax differential
(9.0
)%
 
(7.3
)%
 
(8.1
)%
State and local income taxes
0.5
 %
 
0.4
 %
 
0.7
 %
U.S. permanent book/tax differences
(1.7
)%
 
(1.6
)%
 
(0.5
)%
Other, net
0.9
 %
 
(0.7
)%
 
0.4
 %
Effective tax rate
25.7
 %
 
25.8
 %
 
27.5
 %
Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities included in the balance sheets at December 31 were as follows:
In millions
2014
 
2013
Deferred income tax assets
 
 
 
Employee pensions and other liabilities
$
61

 
$
57

Other balance sheet reserves and allowances
22

 
22

Tax loss and credit carryforwards
59

 
41

Deferred revenue

 
2

Capitalized research and development

 
5

Other

 
1

Total deferred income tax assets
142

 
128

Valuation allowance
(20
)
 
(13
)
Net deferred income tax assets
122

 
115

Deferred income tax liabilities
 
 
 
Intangibles and capitalized software
102

 
117

Property and equipment
29

 
29

Deferred revenue
17

 

Other
12

 

Total deferred income tax liabilities
160

 
146

Total net deferred income tax liabilities
$
(38
)
 
$
(31
)
Liability Related to Uncertain Tax Positions
Below is a rollforward of the Company’s liability related to uncertain tax positions at December 31:
In millions
2014
 
2013
Balance at January 1
$
34

 
$
31

Gross increases for prior period tax positions
4

 
1

Gross decreases for prior period tax positions
(3
)
 
(3
)
Gross increases for current period tax positions
4

 
5

Decreases due to the lapse of applicable statute of limitations
(3
)
 

Balance at December 31
$
36

 
$
34