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Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2013
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Undistributed Foreign Earnings Reduction $ 0pah_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarningsReduction    
Deferred Tax Liability Not Recognized, Amount of Unrecognized Deferred Tax Liability, Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries 264,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedAmountOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxLiabilityUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Undistributed Foreign Earnings 43,500,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings    
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance 19,700,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance   15,800,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Domestic 314,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsDomestic    
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, Foreign 27,200,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign    
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, Research 7,700,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsResearch    
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, Alternative Minimum Tax 2,100,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsAlternativeMinimumTax    
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, State and Local 2,300,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal    
Tax Credit Carry Forward Period 10 years    
Unrecognized Tax Benefits 27,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits    
Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Would Impact Effective Tax Rate 17,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Tax Adjustments, Settlements, and Unusual Provisions 300,000us-gaap_TaxAdjustmentsSettlementsAndUnusualProvisions    
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Reduction Resulting from Lapse of Applicable Statute of Limitations 3,500,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations    
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued 4,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued   4,200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Scenario, Forecast [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount   27,200,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
 
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance 1,200,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
   
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Foreign 13,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsForeign
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
   
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross 14,600,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
   
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross 3,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
   
Tax Credit Carryforward, Valuation Allowance 2,300,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
   
State Income Taxes [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance 14,600,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= pah_StateIncomeTaxesMember
   
Foreign Net Operating Loss Carry Forwards [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $ 1,600,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= pah_ForeignNetOperatingLossCarryForwardsMember
   
Earliest Tax Year [Member] | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Open Tax Year 2011    
Earliest Tax Year [Member] | Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Open Tax Year 2008    
Latest Tax Year [Member] | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Open Tax Year 2014    
Tax Year 2009 [Member] | Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Income Tax Examination, Year under Examination 2009    
Tax Year 2011 [Member] | Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Income Tax Examination, Year under Examination 2011    
Tax Year 2008 [Member] | Subsidiaries [Member]      
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]      
Open Tax Year 2008