Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2017, the Company’s effective tax rate of 43.6% and 61.9%, respectively, differed from the expected U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0% and was primarily impacted by U.S. pretax losses in the Company’s Corporate and Other segment where the tax benefits were not more-likely-than-not to be realized resulting in the recording of valuation allowance. Partially offsetting this increase in effective tax rate were the effects of income earned by Spectrum Brands outside of the U.S. that is subject to statutory rates lower than 35% net of U.S. and non-U.S. taxes provided on income earned by Spectrum Brands outside the U.S. that is not permanently reinvested, as well as the recognition of tax credits by Spectrum Brands. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016, the Company’s effective tax rate of (2.4)% and (3.0)%, respectively, differed from the expected U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0% and was impacted by the change in judgment in the realizability on a portion of Spectrum Brands’ U.S. net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards that were previously recorded with valuation allowance and recognition of a portion of tax benefits on current year losses from the Corporate and Other segment in the U.S. that are more-likely-than-not to be realized based on the expected taxable gain from the Anbang/FGL Merger Agreement. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016 also included the effect of $25.5 of income tax expense recognized by Spectrum Brands for a tax contingency reserve for a tax exposure in Germany. For the nine months ended June 30, 2016, the effective tax rate was also reduced by $5.9 for non-recurring items related to the impact of tax law changes and changes in state deferred tax rates on Spectrum Brands’ net deferred tax liabilities.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2017, the Company’s effective tax rate of 43.6% and 61.9%, respectively, differed from the expected U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0% and was primarily impacted by U.S. pretax losses in the Company’s Corporate and Other segment where the tax benefits were not more-likely-than-not to be realized resulting in the recording of valuation allowance. Partially offsetting this increase in effective tax rate were the effects of income earned by Spectrum Brands outside of the U.S. that is subject to statutory rates lower than 35% net of U.S. and non-U.S. taxes provided on income earned by Spectrum Brands outside the U.S. that is not permanently reinvested, as well as the recognition of tax credits by Spectrum Brands.

For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016, the Company’s effective tax rate of (2.4)% and (3.0)%, respectively, differed from the expected U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0% and was impacted by the change in judgment in the realizability on a portion of Spectrum Brands’ U.S. net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards that were previously recorded with valuation allowance and recognition of a portion of tax benefits on current year losses from the Corporate and Other segment in the U.S. that are more-likely-than-not to be realized based on the expected taxable gain from the Anbang/FGL Merger Agreement. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016 also included the effect of $25.5 of income tax expense recognized by Spectrum Brands for a tax contingency reserve for a tax exposure in Germany. For the nine months ended June 30, 2016, the effective tax rate was also reduced by $5.9 for non-recurring items related to the impact of tax law changes and changes in state deferred tax rates on Spectrum Brands’ net deferred tax liabilities.