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notes to consolidated financial statements

NOTE 11 INCOME TAXES

Income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in earnings of Henkel-Ecolab consisted of:

(thousands) 2003   2002   2001  
Domestic   $286,003     $258,779     $249,026  
Foreign   162,415     93,192     40,719  
Total   $448,418     $351,971     $289,745  

The provision for income taxes consisted of:

(thousands) 2003   2002   2001  
Federal and state   $ 78,928     $ 59,601     $107,055  
Foreign   49,687     30,557     13,303  
Currently payable   128,615     90,158     120,358  

Federal and state
  33,178     43,974     (1,940) 
Foreign   9,277     5,949     (1,010) 
Deferred   42,455     49,923     (2,950) 

Provision for income taxes
  $171,070     $140,081     $117,408  

The company's overall net deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities were comprised of the following:

December 31 (thousands) 2003   2002   2001  
Deferred tax assets    
  Postretirement health care and pension benefits   $     1,008     $ 19,249     $ 47,792  
  Other accrued liabilities   53,924     52,399     55,758  
  Loss carryforwards   11,756     13,932     18,679  
  Other, net   27,856     28,090     17,552  
  Valuation allowance   (2,719)    (1,462)    (1,462) 
  Total   91,825     112,208     138,319  

Deferred tax liabilities
   
  Property, plant and equipment basis differences   61,062    53,320      40,956  
  Intangible assets   49,465     38,696     26,381  
  Other, net   4,714     3,273     5,403  
  Total   115,241     95,289     72,740  

Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)
  $ (23,416)     $ 16,919     $ 65,579  

A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the company's effective income tax rate was:

(thousands) 2003   2002   2001  
Statutory U.S. rate   35.0%   35.0%   35.0%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit   2.7      3.2      4.2   
Foreign operations   0.5      1.0      ---   
Other, net   (0.1)     0.6      1.3   
Effective income tax rate   38.1%   39.8%   40.5%

Cash paid for income taxes was approximately $90 million in 2003, $95 million in 2002 and $99 million in 2001.

No provision has been made for income taxes on the undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries. In the event of a distribution of these earnings, foreign tax credits would be available to substantially offset any amount of applicable income tax and foreign withholding taxes that might be payable on these earnings.








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