Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Note 10. Income Taxes Our effective tax rate from continuing operations was 26% and 31% for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and 93% and 51% for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016, respectively. The loss on extinguishment of Senior Notes impacted the 2017 tax rate and was treated as a discrete item during the second quarter of 2017. The 2016 effective rate was impacted by changes in forecasted income and loss and driven by the application of the three- and nine-month results against the permanent book to tax differences. The effective tax rates for 2017 and 2016 differ from the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 35% due primarily to earnings outside the United States that are indefinitely reinvested and taxed at rates lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate. Management believes that it is reasonably possible that the amount of unrecognized income tax benefits and interest may decrease during the next 12 months by approximately $0.6 million related to the expiration of the statutes of limitations, of which $0.5 million would reduce income tax expense. During the third quarter of 2017, the Internal Revenue Service commenced an examination of the federal tax return for the pre-acquisition period of January 1, 2015 through October 19, 2015 for Precision Engineered Products.

Note 10. Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate from continuing operations was 26% and 31% for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and 93% and 51% for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016, respectively. The loss on extinguishment of Senior Notes impacted the 2017 tax rate and was treated as a discrete item during the second quarter of 2017. The 2016 effective rate was impacted by changes in forecasted income and loss and driven by the application of the three- and nine-month results against the permanent book to tax differences. The effective tax rates for 2017 and 2016 differ from the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 35% due primarily to earnings outside the United States that are indefinitely reinvested and taxed at rates lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate.

Management believes that it is reasonably possible that the amount of unrecognized income tax benefits and interest may decrease during the next 12 months by approximately $0.6 million related to the expiration of the statutes of limitations, of which $0.5 million would reduce income tax expense.

During the third quarter of 2017, the Internal Revenue Service commenced an examination of the federal tax return for the pre-acquisition period of January 1, 2015 through October 19, 2015 for Precision Engineered Products.