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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of domestic and foreign components of income before taxes U.S. and outside U.S. components of income (loss) before income taxes were as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
(In millions)
2019
 
2018
 
2017
United States
$
(1,406.5
)
 
$
(197.0
)
 
$
284.3

Outside United States
$
(729.3
)
 
$
(1,291.1
)
 
$
395.4

Income (loss) before income taxes
$
(2,135.8
)
 
$
(1,488.1
)
 
$
679.7


Provision for income taxes The provision for income taxes consisted of:
 
Year Ended December 31,
(In millions)
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Current
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
34.7

 
$
52.1

 
$
30.2

Outside United States
317.0

 
321.8

 
373.7

Total current
351.7

 
373.9

 
403.9

Deferred
 
 
 
 
 
United States
2.6

 
19.5

 
71.4

Outside United States
(78.0
)
 
29.3

 
70.2

Total deferred
(75.4
)
 
48.8

 
141.6

Provision for income taxes
$
276.3

 
$
422.7

 
$
545.5


Deferred tax assets and liabilities Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows: 
 
December 31,
(In millions)
2019
 
2018
Deferred tax assets attributable to
 
 
 
Accrued expenses
$
124.4

 
$
128.0

Capital Loss
21.1

 
21.2

Non-deductible interest
84.7

 
89.3

Foreign tax credit carryforwards
135.3

 
105.9

Other tax credits
113.2

 

Net operating loss carryforwards
430.5

 
382.8

Inventories
6.3

 
3.2

Research and development credit
7.6

 
6.5

Foreign exchange
20.4

 
32.5

Provisions for pensions and other long-term employee benefits
84.1

 
72.4

Contingencies related to contracts
89.9

 
83.7

Other contingencies
73.4

 
28.7

Margin recognition on construction contracts
115.9

 
34.4

Leasing
219.8

 

Revenue in excess of billings on contracts accounted for under the percentage of completion method
10.9

 

Other
6.9

 
15.2

Deferred tax assets
1,544.4

 
1,003.8

Valuation allowance
(916.9
)
 
(683.4
)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
627.5

 
320.4

 
 
 
 
Deferred tax liabilities attributable to
 
 
 
Revenue in excess of billings on contracts accounted for under the percentage of completion method

 
9.2

U.S. tax on foreign subsidiaries’ undistributed earnings not indefinitely reinvested
10.4

 
9.4

Property, plant and equipment, intangibles and other assets
279.6

 
278.6

Leasing
215.2

 

Deferred tax liabilities
505.2

 
297.2

Net deferred tax assets/(liabilities)
$
122.3

 
$
23.2


Unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties The following table presents a summary of changes in our unrecognized tax benefits: 
(In millions)
Federal,
State and
Foreign
Tax
Balance as of December 31, 2017
$
90.4

Reductions for tax positions related to prior years
(11.5
)
Additions for tax positions related to current year
21.1

Reductions for tax positions due to settlements
(9.0
)
Balance as of December 31, 2018
$
91.0

Reductions for tax positions related to prior years
(62.4
)
Additions for tax positions related to current year
72.9

Reductions for tax positions due to settlements
(20.8
)
Balance as of December 31, 2019
$
80.7


Reconciliation of effective tax rate The effective income tax rate was different from the statutory U.K. income tax rate due to the following: 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Statutory income tax rate
19.0
 %
 
19.0
 %
 
19.3
 %
Net difference resulting from
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign earnings subject to different tax rates
0.3
 %
 
(9.7
)%
 
18.2
 %
Net change in unrecognized tax benefits
1.3
 %
 
(0.7
)%
 
4.3
 %
Adjustments on prior year taxes
(0.4
)%
 
(0.7
)%
 
(4.4
)%
Change in valuation allowance
(8.8
)%
 
(14.4
)%
 
19.3
 %
Deferred tax asset/liability revaluation for tax rate change
(0.5
)%
 
(1.7
)%
 
1.4
 %
U.S. transition tax
 %
 
(0.8
)%
 
17.1
 %
Impairments
(21.9
)%
 
(16.5
)%
 
 %
Non-deductible legal provision
(0.8
)%
 
(3.8
)%
 
 %
Other
(1.1
)%
 
0.9
 %
 
5.1
 %
Effective income tax rate
(12.9
)%
 
(28.4
)%
 
80.3
 %