Basis of Presentation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	BASIS OF PRESENTATION OF THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The interim condensed consolidated financial statements included herein are unaudited. In the opinion of management, these statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the financial position of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares, and its consolidated subsidiaries ("Axalta," the "Company," "we," "our" and "us") at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the results of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, and their cash flows for the six months then ended. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. These interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated and combined financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The accompanying financial statements include the interim unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets of Axalta at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the related interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 and of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014. The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Axalta and its subsidiaries, and entities in which a controlling interest is maintained. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full year. The acquisition ("Acquisition") by Axalta and certain of its indirect subsidiaries of all the capital stock, other equity interests and assets of certain entities which, together with their subsidiaries, comprised the assets and legal entities, which together with their subsidiaries, comprised the DuPont Performance Coatings business ("DPC"), which was formerly owned by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont"), closed on February 1, 2013. On November 11, 2014, we priced our initial public offering (the "Offering", or the "IPO"), in which certain selling shareholders affiliated with Carlyle sold 57,500,000 common shares at a price of $19.50 per share. We received no proceeds from the Offering. On April 8, 2015, we completed a secondary offering (the "Secondary Offering") in which Carlyle sold an aggregate of 40,000,000 common shares at a price of $28.00 per share. The underwriters also exercised their over-allotment option and purchased an additional 6,000,000 common shares. We did not receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares in the Secondary Offering. On April 8, 2015, Carlyle also sold 20,000,000 common shares in a private placement to an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for $28.00 per share. We did not receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares in the private placement. Certain of our joint ventures are accounted for on a one-month lag basis, the effect of which is not material. Reclassification and revisions During 2014, the Company identified errors in the determination of the effective interest rate amortization for the Deferred Financing Costs and Original Issue Discounts that were incurred in 2013. The correction of these items impacted the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014. Refer to Note 15 for further details.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION OF THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements included herein are unaudited. In the opinion of management, these statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the financial position of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares, and its consolidated subsidiaries ("Axalta," the "Company," "we," "our" and "us") at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the results of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, and their cash flows for the six months then ended. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. These interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated and combined financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The accompanying financial statements include the interim unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets of Axalta at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the related interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 and of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014. The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Axalta and its subsidiaries, and entities in which a controlling interest is maintained.

The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full year.

The acquisition ("Acquisition") by Axalta and certain of its indirect subsidiaries of all the capital stock, other equity interests and assets of certain entities which, together with their subsidiaries, comprised the assets and legal entities, which together with their subsidiaries, comprised the DuPont Performance Coatings business ("DPC"), which was formerly owned by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont"), closed on February 1, 2013.

On November 11, 2014, we priced our initial public offering (the "Offering", or the "IPO"), in which certain selling shareholders affiliated with Carlyle sold 57,500,000 common shares at a price of $19.50 per share. We received no proceeds from the Offering.

On April 8, 2015, we completed a secondary offering (the "Secondary Offering") in which Carlyle sold an aggregate of 40,000,000 common shares at a price of $28.00 per share. The underwriters also exercised their over-allotment option and purchased an additional 6,000,000 common shares. We did not receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares in the Secondary Offering.

On April 8, 2015, Carlyle also sold 20,000,000 common shares in a private placement to an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for $28.00 per share. We did not receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares in the private placement.

Certain of our joint ventures are accounted for on a one-month lag basis, the effect of which is not material.

Reclassification and revisions

During 2014, the Company identified errors in the determination of the effective interest rate amortization for the Deferred Financing Costs and Original Issue Discounts that were incurred in 2013. The correction of these items impacted the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014. Refer to Note 15 for further details.