Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Tables)

v3.4.0.3
Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income before income taxes
Income before income taxes was generated as follows:
 
For the Years Ended
 
February 29,
2016
 
February 28,
2015
 
February 28,
2014
(in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
Domestic
$
599.3

 
$
481.6

 
$
2,050.8

Foreign
901.9

 
698.0

 
151.5

 
$
1,501.2

 
$
1,179.6

 
$
2,202.3

Components of income tax provision (benefit)
The income tax provision consisted of the following:
 
For the Years Ended
 
February 29,
2016
 
February 28,
2015
 
February 28,
2014
(in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
Current
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
126.2

 
$
195.0

 
$
141.7

State
19.9

 
20.1

 
18.5

Foreign
43.5

 
49.0

 
57.4

Total current
189.6

 
264.1

 
217.6

 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
232.4

 
84.6

 
61.4

State
15.6

 
4.8

 
4.4

Foreign
3.0

 
(10.1
)
 
(24.2
)
Total deferred
251.0

 
79.3

 
41.6

Income tax provision
$
440.6

 
$
343.4

 
$
259.2

Significant components of deferred tax assets (liabilities)
Significant components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) consist of the following:
 
February 29,
2016
 
February 28,
2015
(in millions)
 
 
 
Deferred tax assets
 
 
 
Net operating losses
$
74.2

 
$
13.3

Stock-based compensation
50.1

 
51.9

Inventory
14.1

 
12.5

Derivative instruments
5.1

 
3.4

Insurance accruals
3.8

 
3.4

Employee benefits
2.8

 
2.7

Unrealized foreign exchange
1.3

 
0.4

Other accruals
39.4

 
50.2

Gross deferred tax assets
190.8

 
137.8

Valuation allowances
(35.7
)
 
(35.3
)
Deferred tax assets, net
155.1

 
102.5

 
 
 
 
Deferred tax liabilities
 
 
 
Intangible assets
(688.1
)
 
(531.5
)
Property, plant and equipment
(264.2
)
 
(263.2
)
Provision for unremitted earnings
(199.9
)
 
(72.6
)
Investments in equity method investees
(24.3
)
 
(25.1
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
(1,176.5
)
 
(892.4
)
Deferred tax liabilities, net
$
(1,021.4
)
 
$
(789.9
)
Effective income tax rate reconciliation
A reconciliation of the total tax provision (benefit) to the amount computed by applying the statutory U.S. Federal income tax rate to income before provision for (benefit from) income taxes is as follows:
 
For the Years Ended
 
February 29, 2016
 
February 28, 2015
 
February 28, 2014
 
Amount
 
% of
Pretax
Income
 
Amount
 
% of
Pretax
Income
 
Amount
 
% of
Pretax
Income
(in millions, except % of pretax income data)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax provision at statutory rate
$
525.4

 
35.0
%
 
$
412.8

 
35.0
%
 
$
770.8

 
35.0
%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
23.1

 
1.5
%
 
16.1

 
1.4
%
 
14.8

 
0.7
%
Net operating loss valuation allowance
2.3

 
0.2
%
 
11.1

 
0.9
%
 
16.3

 
0.8
%
Earnings of subsidiaries taxed at other than U.S. statutory rate
(103.5
)
 
(6.9
%)
 
(86.4
)
 
(7.3
%)
 
(61.2
)
 
(2.8
%)
Impairment of nondeductible goodwill

 
%
 

 
%
 
97.5

 
4.4
%
Gain on remeasurement to fair value of equity method investment

 
%
 

 
%
 
(574.7
)
 
(26.1
%)
Miscellaneous items, net
(6.7
)
 
(0.5
%)
 
(10.2
)
 
(0.9
%)
 
(4.3
)
 
(0.2
%)
Income tax provision at effective rate
$
440.6

 
29.3
%
 
$
343.4

 
29.1
%
 
$
259.2

 
11.8
%
Reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefit liabilities
The liability for income taxes associated with uncertain tax positions, excluding interest and penalties, and a reconciliation of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefit liabilities is as follows:
 
For the Years Ended
 
February 29,
2016
 
February 28,
2015
 
February 28,
2014
(in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
Balance as of March 1
$
85.5

 
$
101.5

 
$
100.6

Increases as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period
0.1

 
0.1

 
2.3

Decreases as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period
(1.2
)
 
(4.0
)
 
(3.3
)
Increases as a result of tax positions taken during the current period
3.7

 
7.7

 
11.1

Decreases related to settlements with tax authorities
(54.7
)
 
(13.9
)
 
(6.7
)
Decreases related to lapse of applicable statute of limitations
(3.0
)
 
(5.9
)
 
(2.5
)
Balance as of last day of February
$
30.4

 
$
85.5

 
$
101.5