INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

The Company's income before income taxes and the applicable provision for income taxes are as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2018			2017
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes:
United States	$	(298.5	)	$	(190.7	)
Foreign	6.6			27.2
	$	(291.9	)	$	(163.5	)
Provision for income taxes:
United States federal	$	(27.2	)	$	7.0
State and local	(3.6		)	9.0
Foreign	33.0			5.8
	$	2.2		$	21.8
Current:
United States federal	$	(8.9	)	$	(20.2	)
State and local	(0.8		)	1.9
Foreign	10.2			17.5
	0.5			(0.8		)
Deferred:
United States federal	$	(18.3	)	$	27.2
State and local	(2.8		)	7.1
Foreign	22.8			(11.7		)
	$	1.7		$	22.6
Total Provision for income taxes	$	2.2		$	21.8

The actual tax on income before income taxes is reconciled to the applicable statutory federal income tax rate in the following table

. The Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2018 and 2017 were comprised of the following

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of the unrecognized tax benefits is provided in the following table:



	Tax			Interest and Penalties			Total
Balance at January 1, 2017	$	82.7		$	10.6		$	93.3
Increase based on tax positions taken in a prior year	9.1			1.5			10.6
Decrease based on tax positions taken in a prior year ^(a)	(19.6		)	(1.5		)	(21.1		)
Increase based on tax positions taken in the current year	11.0			0.2			11.2
Decrease resulting from the lapse of statutes of limitations	(7.3		)	(1.8		)	(9.1		)
Balance at December 31, 2017	75.9			9.0			84.9
Increase based on tax positions taken in a prior year	2.8			5.4			8.2
Decrease based on tax positions taken in a prior year	(15.5		)	(3.8		)	(19.3		)
Increase based on tax positions taken in the current year	6.5			0.2			6.7
Decrease resulting from the lapse of statutes of limitations	(4.8		)	(1.0		)	(5.8		)
Balance at December 31, 2018	$	64.9		$	9.8		$	74.7


^(a)	Includes a provisional amount for the expected impact of the Tax Act on the Company’s unrecognized tax benefi