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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

The tax provision for interim periods is determined using the estimated annual effective consolidated tax rate, based on the current estimate of full-year earnings before taxes, adjusted for the impact of discrete quarterly items. The provision for income taxes was $6.9 million and $12.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and the effective tax rate was 24.8% and 28.4%, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2016, as compared to the same period in 2015, reflects the impact of a tax benefit of $7.9 million in connection with restructuring and related charges of $22.9 million, partially offset by the impact of unfavorable changes in our geographic mix of earnings. Please refer to Note 11, Other Expense (Income), for further discussion of the restructuring and related charges.