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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
 
We estimate the effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year and use that rate to provide for income taxes in interim reporting periods. We also recognize the tax impact of certain unusual or infrequently occurring items, including changes in judgment about valuation allowances and effects of changes in tax laws or rates, in the interim period in which they occur.
 
We reported income tax expense related to our continuing operations of $27 and $37 for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. The effective income tax rate varies from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% due to valuation allowances in several countries, nondeductible expenses, different statutory tax rates outside the U.S. and withholding taxes related to repatriations of international earnings to the U.S.
 
We record interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense or benefit. These amounts for the periods presented herein are not significant.
 
We provide for U.S. federal income and non-U.S. withholding taxes on the earnings of our non-U.S. operations that are not considered to be permanently reinvested. Accordingly, we continue to analyze and adjust the estimated tax impact of the income and non-U.S. withholding liabilities based on the amount and source of these earnings. We recognized expense of $2 and $2 for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 related to future income taxes and non-U.S. withholding taxes on repatriations from operations that are not permanently reinvested. In connection with our purchase of the noncontrolling interests in three UK subsidiaries during the first quarter of 2013, we released valuation allowances against deferred tax assets of $2.
 
We have generally not recognized tax benefits on losses generated in several entities, including those in the U.S., where the recent history of operating losses does not allow us to satisfy the “more likely than not” criterion for the recognition of deferred tax assets. Consequently, there is no income tax expense or benefit recognized on the pre-tax income or losses in these jurisdictions as valuation allowances are adjusted to offset the associated tax effects. We believe that it is reasonably possible that valuation allowances in excess of $800 could be released in the next twelve months.