The provision for income tax expense was estimated as follows (dollars in millions):
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2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
Estimated current income taxes: |
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U.S. federal |
$ | 1.8 | $ | 3.0 | $ | 1.6 | ||||||
Foreign |
8.6 | 5.4 | 6.3 | |||||||||
U.S. state and local |
1.8 | 2.1 | (0.2 | ) | ||||||||
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Total Current |
12.2 | 10.5 | 7.7 | |||||||||
Deferred income tax expense (credit), net: |
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U.S. federal |
106.6 | 89.7 | 125.6 | |||||||||
Foreign |
0.3 | (0.1 | ) | (0.3 | ) | |||||||
U.S. state and local |
7.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 | |||||||||
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Total Deferred |
114.2 | 96.0 | 131.8 | |||||||||
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Total income tax expense |
$ | 126.4 | $ | 106.5 | $ | 139.5 | ||||||
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