Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate For Continuing Operations

The significant differences between the U.S. federal statutory rate and the effective income tax rate for continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

	Percent of Income Before Income Taxes
Three Months Ended March 31,	2015		2014
Income tax expense at federal statutory rate	35.0		35.0
State taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	1.2		2.1
Unremitted earnings from foreign operations	1.0		1.1
Income tax contingency accruals and tax settlements	0.8		1.5
Non-deductible expenses	0.7		0.2
Foreign tax incentives	—		(2.0	)
Changes in estimates related to prior year tax provision	(0.2	)	0.2
Valuation allowance for foreign operating loss carry-forwards	(0.4	)	(0.4	)
Foreign rate differences	(1.4	)	(1.1	)
Valuation allowance for capital loss carry-forwards	(1.6	)	0.3
Domestic production activities deduction	(2.5	)	(1.6	)
Other	—		(0.1	)
Effective income tax rate for income from continuing operations	32.6		35.2