Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Components of Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Tax Provision

The components of earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income tax provision, as retrospectively changed to account for our change from LIFO to FIFO, were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
(In millions)	2014			2013			2012
Domestic	$	(62.2	)	$	(92.6	)	$	(1,450.8	)
Foreign		329.4			272.8			(433.6	)
Total	$	267.2		$	180.2		$	(1,884.4	)

Components of Income Tax Provision (Benefit)

The components of our income tax provision (benefit), as retrospectively changed to account for our change from LIFO to FIFO, were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
(In millions)	2014			2013			2012
Current tax expense:
Federal	$	(216.0	)	$	(4.3	)	$	(8.6	)
State and local		0.2			(3.9	)		(6.5	)
Foreign		88.8			85.2			69.0
Total current		(127.0	)		77.0			53.9
Deferred tax expense (benefit) :
Federal		176.8			4.2			(231.8	)
State and local		(27.2	)		10.4			(24.9	)
Foreign		(13.5	)		(6.7	)		(62.6	)
Total deferred tax benefit		136.1			7.9			(319.3	)
Total provision (benefit)	$	9.1		$	84.9		$	(265.4	)

Components of Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)

Deferred tax assets (liabilities) consist of the following:

	Year Ended			Year Ended
(In millions)	2014			2013
Settlement agreement and related accrued interest⁽¹⁾	$	—		$	460.7
Restructuring reserves		4.7			3.1
Accruals not yet deductible for tax purposes		56.5			68.3
Net operating loss carry forwards		291.1			127.0
Foreign, federal and state credits and investment tax allowances		109.3			32.7
Employee benefit items		163.8			130.6
Other		44.1			20.2
Gross deferred tax assets		669.5			842.6
Valuation allowance		(227.8	)		(240.0	)
Total deferred tax assets		441.7			602.6
Depreciation and amortization		(40.0	)		(51.8	)
Unremitted foreign earnings		(130.0	)		(135.2	)
Intangibles		(214.2	)		(256.0	)
Other		(12.3	)		(21.5	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(396.5	)		(464.5	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	45.2		$	138.1

⁽¹⁾

The 2013 deferred tax asset reflects the cash portion of the Settlement agreement and related accrued interest and the fair market value of 18 million shares of our common stock at a post-split price of $17.86 per share based on the price when the Settlement agreement was reached in 2002. See Note 17, “Commitments and Contingencies,” for further discussion.

Federal Statutory Corporate Tax Rate Reconciles to Our Effective Income Tax Rate

The U.S. federal statutory corporate tax rate reconciles to our effective income tax rate, as retrospectively changed to account for our change from LIFO to FIFO, as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Statutory U.S. federal tax rate		35	%		35	%		35	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		(2.1	)		(1.2	)		0.5
Foreign earnings taxed at lower effective rates		(15.1	)		(8.8	)		(0.2	)
U.S. tax on foreign earnings		3.9			4.7			(0.6	)
Impairment		—			—			(20.0	)
Reorganization tax benefit		(0.9	)		(6.7	)		—
Net change in valuation allowance		(5.0	)		22.4			(2.2	)
Net change in unrecognized tax benefits		(8.7	)		2.0			1.9
Other		(3.7	)		(0.3	)		(0.3	)
Effective income tax rate		3.4	%		47.1	%		14.1	%

Unrecognized Tax Benefits and Effect on Effective Income Tax Rate

We are providing the following disclosures related to our unrecognized tax benefits and the effect on our effective income tax rate if recognized (in millions):

Unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2013	$	221.9
Additions for tax positions of current year		5.2
Additions for tax positions of prior years		7.7
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(45.9	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2014	$	188.9

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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