Income Tax Expense

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Expense

NOTE 12. INCOME TAX EXPENSE

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	$	63.6		$	37.2		$	109.8		$	92.6
Income tax expense		7.7			17.5			44.4			52.1
Effective tax rate		12.1	%		47.0	%		40.4	%		56.3	%

The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2016 and the first nine months of 2016 was lower than the comparable periods of 2015 primarily due to income tax benefits recorded during the third quarter of 2016 resulting from the reversal of reserves for uncertain tax positions as a result of an expiration of the federal statute of limitations to review previously filed income tax returns.

We do not expect to record any further material changes during 2016 to unrecognized tax benefits that were claimed on tax returns covering tax years ended on or before December 31, 2015.

As of September 30, 2016, we consider foreign unremitted earnings to be permanently reinvested.