Income Tax Matters (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income before income taxes by geographic area

Tax Provision. Income before income taxes by geographic area was as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Domestic	$	102.1	$	138.9	$	134.5
Foreign	5.0		4.3		5.1
Income before income taxes	$	107.1	$	143.2	$	139.6

Tax Provision

The provision for income taxes consisted of:



	Federal			Foreign			State			Total
2014
Current	$	(1.0	)	$	1.0		$	(0.6	)	$	(0.6	)
Deferred	6.4			0.3			5.1			11.8
Expense applied to decrease Additional paid in capital/ Other comprehensive income	(41.6		)	(0.5		)	(4.4		)	(46.5		)
Total (expense) benefit	$	(36.2	)	$	0.8		$	0.1		$	(35.3	)
2013
Current	$	1.1		$	16.2		$	(0.2	)	$	17.1
Deferred	(49.7		)	(0.5		)	(6.7		)	(56.9		)
Benefit (expense) applied to increase (decrease) Additional paid in capital/Other comprehensive income	1.3			(0.1		)	0.2			1.4
Total (expense) benefit	$	(47.3	)	$	15.6		$	(6.7	)	$	(38.4	)
2012
Current	$	—		$	(2.3	)	$	0.2		$	(2.1	)
Deferred	(113.0		)	(0.2		)	(15.3		)	(128.5		)
Benefit applied to increase Additional paid in capital/ Other comprehensive income	67.4			0.2			9.2			76.8
Total expense	$	(45.6	)	$	(2.3	)	$	(5.9	)	$	(53.8	)

Reconciliation of income tax provision based on effective income tax rate and statutory tax rate

A reconciliation between the provision for income taxes and the amount computed by applying the federal statutory income tax rate to income before income taxes is as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Amount of federal income tax provision based on the statutory rate	$	(37.5	)	$	(50.1	)	$	(48.9	)
Decrease in federal valuation allowances	—			0.1			0.1
Non-deductible compensation expense	(0.1		)	(0.3		)	(0.4		)
Non-deductible expense	(0.3		)	(0.9		)	(0.3		)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit¹	—			(4.4		)	(3.8		)
Foreign income tax (expense) benefit	0.3			—			(0.5		)
Expiration of statute of limitations	2.3			4.6			—
Settlement with taxing authorities	—			4.4			—
Advance pricing agreement	—			2.9			—
Competent Authority settlement	—			5.3			—
Income tax provision	$	(35.3	)	$	(38.4	)	$	(53.8	)

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¹	State income taxes were $2.3 in 2014, but were offset by a $1.6 decrease due to lower tax rates in various states and a $0.7 decrease in the valuation allowance relating to certain state net operating losses. State income taxes of $4.4 in 2013 included a $1.2 increase in the valuation allowance relating to certain unused state net operating losses expected to expire.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

Deferred Income Taxes. Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and amounts used for income tax purposes. The components of the Company’s net deferred income tax assets were as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2014			2013
Deferred income tax assets:
Loss and credit carryforwards	$	275.4		$	321.8
VEBAs (see Note 6)	5.1			6.1
Other assets	35.0			34.4
Inventories and other	21.5			2.5
Valuation allowances	(19.2		)	(19.9		)
Total deferred income tax assets	317.8			344.9
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment	(74.1		)	(73.0		)
VEBAs (see Note 6)	(120.6		)	(152.4		)
Inventories	(6.7		)	(14.9		)
Total deferred income tax liabilities	(201.4		)	(240.3		)
Net deferred income tax assets ¹	$	116.4		$	104.6

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Of the total net deferred income tax assets of $116.4, $86.4 was included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets, $30.9 was presented as Deferred tax assets, net and $0.9 was presented as Deferred tax liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2014. Of the total net deferred income tax assets of $104.6, $36.7 was included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets and $69.1 was presented as Deferred tax assets, net and $1.2 was presented as Deferred tax liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2013.

Reconciliation of changes in the gross unrecognized tax benefits

The Company has gross unrecognized benefits relating to uncertain tax positions. A reconciliation of changes in the gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of period	$	3.8		$	15.7		$	13.7
Gross increases for tax positions of prior years	—			—			1.3
Gross decreases for tax positions of prior years	—			(7.6		)	(0.1		)
Gross increases for tax positions of current years	—			—			0.4
Gross decrease for tax positions relating to lapse of a statute of limitation	(1.4		)	(3.3		)	—
Foreign currency translation	(0.2		)	(1.0		)	0.4
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at end of period	$	2.2		$	3.8		$	15.7

- 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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