Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

	2011	2010	2009
Current
Federal	$ 671.4	$ 376.2	$ 45.7
Foreign	759.5	513.9	772.2
State	(22.9)	23.3	49.2
Total current tax expense	1,408.0	913.4	867.1
Deferred
Federal	(398.5)	624.4	82.5
Foreign	(34.7)	(55.2)	79.8
State	27.0	(26.9)	(0.4)
Total deferred tax expense (benefit)	(406.2)	542.3	161.9
Income taxes	$1,001.8	$1,455.7	$1,029.0

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	2011	2010
Deferred tax assets
Compensation and benefits	$1,286.5	$ 890.4
Tax credit carryforwards and carrybacks	695.3	503.1
Asset purchases	428.5	275.1
Tax loss carryforwards and carrybacks	406.1	414.0
Intercompany profit in inventories	277.2	316.7
Debt	214.9	114.6
Sale of intangibles	207.1	112.8
Product return reserves	146.2	84.0
Contingencies	94.5	106.6
Other	301.3	363.4
Total gross deferred tax assets	4,057.6	3,180.7
Valuation allowances	(611.9)	(473.1)

Total deferred tax assets	3,445.7	2,707.6

Deferred tax liabilities
Unremitted earnings	(940.2)	(741.8)
Intangibles	(839.9)	(954.9)
Inventories	(489.2)	(525.6)
Property and equipment	(451.0)	(505.2)
Financial instruments	(196.9)	(160.9)
Other	(8.5)	(19.1)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(2,925.7)	(2,907.5)

Deferred tax assets (liabilities) - net	$ 520.0	$ (199.9)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	2011	2010	2009
Income tax at the U.S. federal statutory tax rate	$1,872.3	$2,283.8	$1,875.2
Add (deduct)
International operations, including Puerto Rico	(796.7)	(823.3)	(741.1)
U.S. health care reform	62.9	85.1	0.0
General business credits	(80.8)	(83.2)	(79.4)
IRS audit conclusion	(85.3)	0.0	(54.4)
Other	29.4	(6.7)	28.7
Income taxes	$1,001.8	$1,455.7	$1,029.0

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

	2011	2010	2009
Beginning balance at January 1	$1,619.6	$1,351.2	$1,223.2
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year	89.4	186.2	179.1
Additions for tax positions of prior years	390.0	117.0	170.4
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(492.3)	(30.2)	(128.9)
Lapses of statutes of limitation	(2.6)	(7.0)	(3.3)
Settlements	(326.3)	(0.1)	(95.0)
Changes related to the impact of foreign currency translation	(3.0)	2.5	5.7
Balance at December 31	$1,274.8	$1,619.6	$1,351.2

- 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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