Income Taxes Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Tax Disclosure

INCOME TAXES

During the first and second quarters of 2015, the Company recorded a $31.3 charge and a $3.2 benefit, respectively, associated with valuation allowances, to adjust our U.S. deferred tax assets to an amount that was “more likely than not” to be realized. These adjustments were primarily caused by fluctuations of the U.S. dollar against currencies of some of our key markets.

During the third quarter of 2015, we recorded an additional valuation allowance for the remaining U.S. deferred tax assets of $649.5. The increase in the valuation allowance resulted from reduced tax benefits expected to be obtained from tax planning strategies associated with an anticipated accelerated receipt in the U.S. of foreign source income. As the U.S. dollar had further strengthened against currencies of some of our key markets during the third quarter of 2015, the benefits associated with the Company’s tax planning strategies were no longer sufficient for the Company to continue to conclude that its tax planning strategies were prudent. In the absence of any alternative prudent tax planning strategies and other sources of future taxable income, it was determined that a full valuation allowance should be recorded. Although the Company continues to expect that it will generate taxable income and tax liability in the U.S., the Company is expected to offset its current and future tax liability with foreign tax credits, and as a result, the expected level of future taxable income and tax liability is not adequate to realize the benefit of previously recorded deferred tax assets. Although the Company may not be able to recognize a financial statement benefit associated with its deferred tax assets, the Company will continue to manage and plan for the utilization of its deferred tax assets to avoid the expiration of deferred tax assets that may have limited lives.