Reporting and Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Advertising Costs

Total advertising costs, which are expensed as incurred, for the years ended

December 31, were:

(millions)	Advertising Costs
2016	$	756.2
2015	748.3
2014	681.8

Property and Equipment

The useful lives for property and equipment at December 31, 2016, were:

	Useful Lives
Computer equipment and laptops	3 years
Software licenses (internal use)	1-5 years
Capitalized software	3-10 years
Buildings, improvements, and integrated components	7-40 years
All other property and equipment	3-15 years

Interest Capitalized

Total capitalized interest, which primarily relates to capitalized software projects, for the years ended December 31, was:

(millions)	Capitalized Interest
2016	$	2.9
2015	2.4
2014	1.3

Equity Based Compensation and Related Tax Benefits

The total compensation expense recognized for equity-based compensation, both our equity and liability awards, for the years ended December 31, was:

(millions)	2016		2015		2014
Pretax expense	$	85.2	$	66.2	$	51.4
Tax benefit	29.8		23.2		18.0

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

For the years ended December 31, we paid the following:

(millions)	2016		2015		2014
Income taxes	$	459.4	$	701.8	$	515.0
Interest	139.2		132.0		116.0