The number of components relating to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

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Amount of reasonable estimate for income tax expense (benefit) for remeasurement of deferred tax from change in tax rate pursuant to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for which accounting for tax effect is incomplete.

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Amount of reasonable estimate for income tax expense (benefit) from effect of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for which accounting for tax effect is incomplete.

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Amount of reasonable estimate for income tax expense from transition tax on accumulated earnings of controlled foreign corporation deemed repatriated pursuant to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for which accounting for tax effect is incomplete.

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Amount of reasonable estimate for income tax impact on unremitted foreign earnings pursuant to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for which accounting for tax effect is incomplete.

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Amount of the transition (toll) tax charge that was paid in the period, resulting from the transition tax on accumulated earnings of controlled foreign corporation deemed repatriated pursuant to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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Income Taxes, 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Taxes
U.S. statutory federal tax rate (as a percent)			21.00%	35.00%
Estimated Tax Act Charge		$ 398.5	$ 0.0
Estimated Transition Tax		259.4
Provisional charge on unremitted foreign earnings		176.6
Income tax expense (benefit) associated with the remeasurement of net deferred tax liabilities		$ (37.5)
Number of components \| item		3
Transition Tax installment paid	$ 18.0