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Income taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Total Income Before Income Taxes and Provision for Income Taxes | Following is the total income before income taxes and the provision for income taxes for the three years ended December 31, 2014.
Year ended December 31 (millions) |  |  | 2014 |  |  |  | 2013 |  |  |  | 2012 |
Income before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | (19.9 | ) |  | $ | 28.4 |  |  | $ | 32.5 |
Foreign |  |  | 165.4 |  |  |  | 191.0 |  |  |  | 221.6 |
Total income before income taxes |  | $ | 145.5 |  |  | $ | 219.4 |  |  | $ | 254.1 |
Provision for income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 2.1 |  |  | $ | 8.0 |  |  | $ | 3.6 |
Foreign |  |  | 59.4 |  |  |  | 63.0 |  |  |  | 66.5 |
State and local |  |  | 1.0 |  |  |  | (.2 | ) |  |  | – |
Total |  |  | 62.5 |  |  |  | 70.8 |  |  |  | 70.1 |
Deferred |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign |  |  | 23.7 |  |  |  | 28.5 |  |  |  | 27.2 |
Total provision for income taxes |  | $ | 86.2 |  |  | $ | 99.3 |  |  | $ | 97.3 |
Reconciliation of the Provision for Income Taxes | Following is a reconciliation of the provision for income taxes at the United States statutory tax rate to the provision for income taxes as reported:
Year ended December 31 (millions) |  |  | 2014 |  |  |  | 2013 |  |  |  | 2012 |
United States statutory income tax provision |  | $ | 50.9 |  |  | $ | 76.8 |  |  | $ | 88.9 |
Income and losses for which no provision or benefit has been recognized |  |  | 35.7 |  |  |  | 13.5 |  |  |  | 7.0 |
Foreign rate differential and other foreign tax expense |  |  | (22.0 | ) |  |  | (23.0 | ) |  |  | (32.2 | )
Income tax withholdings |  |  | 17.1 |  |  |  | 15.4 |  |  |  | 20.3 |
Permanent items |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 4.0 |  |  |  | 4.0 |
Enacted rate changes |  |  | – |  |  |  | 8.9 |  |  |  | 9.0 |
Change in uncertain tax positions |  |  | .2 |  |  |  | 4.4 |  |  |  | 4.5 |
Change in valuation allowances due to changes in judgment |  |  | 7.0 |  |  |  | (.5 | ) |  |  | – |
Income tax credits, U.S. |  |  | (3.9 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | (4.0 | )
Other |  |  | .1 |  |  |  | (.2 | ) |  |  | (.2 | )
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 86.2 |  |  | $ | 99.3 |  |  | $ | 97.3 |
Significant Portions of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The tax effects of temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:
December 31 (millions) |  |  | 2014 |  |  |  | 2013 |
Deferred tax assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax loss carryforwards |  | $ | 883.3 |  |  | $ | 888.8 |
Postretirement benefits |  |  | 791.3 |  |  |  | 566.3 |
Foreign tax credit carryforwards |  |  | 245.5 |  |  |  | 252.4 |
Other tax credit carryforwards |  |  | 88.0 |  |  |  | 88.9 |
Deferred revenue |  |  | 60.5 |  |  |  | 86.4 |
Employee benefits and compensation |  |  | 44.6 |  |  |  | 42.4 |
Purchased capitalized software |  |  | 39.3 |  |  |  | 41.3 |
Capitalized research and development |  |  | 36.0 |  |  |  | 89.7 |
Depreciation |  |  | 34.9 |  |  |  | 31.6 |
Capitalized costs |  |  | 16.3 |  |  |  | 16.5 |
Warranty, bad debts and other reserves |  |  | 12.8 |  |  |  | 14.6 |
Other |  |  | 29.5 |  |  |  | 26.8 |
|  |  | 2,282.0 |  |  |  | 2,145.7 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (2,107.8 | ) |  |  | (1,998.8 | )
Total deferred tax assets |  | $ | 174.2 |  |  | $ | 146.9 |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other |  | $ | 37.9 |  |  | $ | 33.0 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | 37.9 |  |  | $ | 33.0 |
Net deferred tax assets |  | $ | 136.3 |  |  | $ | 113.9 |
Reconciliation of Changes in Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
Year ended December 31 (millions) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Balance at January 1 |  | $ | 26.3 |  |  | $ | 29.2 |  |  | $ | 24.3 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  |  | 14.4 |  |  |  | (2.4 | ) |  |  | 3.5 |
Changes for tax positions of prior years |  |  | (1.4 | ) |  |  | (.1 | ) |  |  | 1.4 |
Reductions as a result of a lapse of applicable statute of limitations |  |  | (1.6 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | (.4 | )
Settlements |  |  | (.9 | ) |  |  | (.2 | ) |  |  | (.7 | )
Changes due to foreign currency |  |  | (1.8 | ) |  |  | (.2 | ) |  |  | 1.1 |
Balance at December 31 |  | $ | 35.0 |  |  | $ | 26.3 |  |  | $ | 29.2 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319 + Details
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