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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Earnings (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes | The components of "Earnings (loss) before income taxes" are as follows:
| Year Ended December 31
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Domestic | $ | (388.6) |  |  | $ | 163.6 |  |  | $ | 249.7 |
Foreign | 215.2 |  |  | 240.0 |  |  | 272.4 |
Earnings before income taxes | $ | (173.4) |  |  | $ | 403.6 |  |  | $ | 522.1 |
Schedule of Income Taxes | "Income taxes" is comprised of the following components:
| Year Ended December 31
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Current |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 24.4 |  |  | $ | 48.3 |  |  | $ | 57.0 |
State and local | 3.7 |  |  | 7.9 |  |  | 11.5 |
Foreign | 64.5 |  |  | 53.2 |  |  | 59.5 |
Total current | 92.6 |  |  | 109.4 |  |  | 128.0 |
Deferred |  |  |  |  |
Federal | (100.6) |  |  | (14.1) |  |  | (9.3) |
State and local | (19.9) |  |  | (2.0) |  |  | (2.3) |
Foreign | (8.7) |  |  | .4 |  |  | 3.1 |
Total deferred | (129.2) |  |  | (15.7) |  |  | (8.5) |
Total income taxes | $ | (36.6) |  |  | $ | 93.7 |  |  | $ | 119.5 |
Schedule of Income Tax Expense, Earning (Loss) From Continuing Operations Percentage | "Income taxes" as a percentage of "Earnings (loss) before income taxes", differs from the statutory federal income tax rate as follows:
| Year Ended December 31
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Statutory federal income tax rate | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | %
Increases (decreases) in rate resulting from: |  |  |  |  |
State taxes, net of federal benefit | .2 |  |  | .9 |  |  | 1.5 |
Tax effect of foreign operations | (1.4) |  |  | (.5) |  |  | (.9) |
Global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) | (1.5) |  |  | .6 |  |  | .5 |
Current and deferred foreign withholding taxes | (7.3) |  |  | 2.6 |  |  | 2.3 |
Long-lived asset impairment | 5.4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Stock-based compensation | .1 |  |  | (.1) |  |  | (.5) |
Change in valuation allowance | (.4) |  |  | (.1) |  |  | — |
Change in uncertain tax positions, net | (.3) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other permanent differences, net | 3.9 |  |  | (1.0) |  |  | (.8) |
Other, net | 1.4 |  |  | (.2) |  |  | (.2) |
Effective tax rate | 21.1 | % |  | 23.2 | % |  | 22.9 | %
Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities | Deferred income taxes are provided for the temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of our assets and liabilities. The major temporary differences and their associated deferred tax assets or liabilities are as follows:
| December 31
| 2023 |  | 2022
| Assets |  | Liabilities |  | Assets |  | Liabilities
Property, plant and equipment | $ | 14.7 |  |  | $ | (80.7) |  |  | $ | 15.0 |  |  | $ | (80.2) |
Inventories | 6.5 |  |  | (1.0) |  |  | 6.6 |  |  | (6.5) |
Accrued expenses | 52.7 |  |  | (.6) |  |  | 52.6 |  |  | (.9) |
Net operating losses and other tax carryforwards 1 | 39.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 25.6 |  |  | — |
Pension cost and other post-retirement benefits | 5.6 |  |  | (.9) |  |  | 7.5 |  |  | (.8) |
Intangible assets 2 | 12.0 |  |  | (108.2) |  |  | .1 |  |  | (204.5) |
Derivative financial instruments | .5 |  |  | (4.2) |  |  | .6 |  |  | (3.8) |
Tax on undistributed earnings (primarily from Canada and China) | — |  |  | (18.5) |  |  | — |  |  | (17.0) |
Uncertain tax positions | .7 |  |  | — |  |  | .8 |  |  | — |
Other 3 | 18.8 |  |  | (7.5) |  |  | 11.8 |  |  | (5.6) |
Gross deferred tax assets (liabilities) | 151.3 |  |  | (221.6) |  |  | 120.6 |  |  | (319.3) |
Valuation allowance | (17.7) |  |  | — |  |  | (15.7) |  |  | — |
Total deferred taxes | $ | 133.6 |  |  | $ | (221.6) |  |  | $ | 104.9 |  |  | $ | (319.3) |
Net deferred tax liability |  |  | $ | (88.0) |  |  |  |  | $ | (214.4) |
1 The $14.2 increase in our deferred tax asset was primarily associated with the U.S. interest expense limitation related to an expired provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). 2 Intangible assets includes an $11.9 increase in our deferred tax asset and $96.3 decrease in our deferred tax liability, both of which relate primarily to the long-lived asset impairment charges discussed in Note C. 3 Other includes a $7.0 increase in our deferred tax asset, which was primarily associated with the capitalization and amortization of research and experimentation expenditures related to an expired provision of TCJA.
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets And (Liabilities) Included In Consolidated Balance Sheets | Deferred tax assets (liabilities) included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows:
| December 31
| 2023 |  | 2022
Sundry | $ | 13.2 |  |  | $ | 8.3 |
Deferred income taxes | (101.2) |  |  | (222.7) |
Net deferred tax liability | $ | (88.0) |  |  | $ | (214.4) |

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