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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]    
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)   $ 41.7yrcw_DeferredBenefitrecognizedduetointraperiodtaxallocationunderASC740
Net deferred tax liability 1.4us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities 2.1us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities
Income tax receivable 4.5us-gaap_IncomeTaxesReceivable 20.1us-gaap_IncomeTaxesReceivable
Income tax refund, net 7.6us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsDomestic  
Net operating loss carryforwards 697.5us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards  
Estimated amount of net operating loss carryforwards that will not be utilized 234.7us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance  
Foreign tax credit carryforwards, subject to expriration 13.5yrcw_DeferredTaxAssetForeignTaxCreditCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration  
Valuation allowance 494.5us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 454.1us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate 11.6us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 27.6us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Interest on Income Taxes Expense 1.1us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense 1.4us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense
Interest accrual reversal 11.2yrcw_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestAccrualReversed 2.6yrcw_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestAccrualReversed
Interest accrued net reduction 10.1yrcw_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccruedPeriodIncreaseDecrease 1.2yrcw_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccruedPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Total amount of interest accrued for uncertain tax positions 4.4us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued 14.5us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued
Amount by which unrecognized tax benefits may decrease over the next 12 months 5.9us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit  
State and Foreign Tax Authority [Member]    
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]    
Tax paid to settle audits of tax years 2001-08 for certain subsidiaries 1.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= yrcw_StateandForeignTaxAuthorityMember
 
Interest paid to settle audits of tax years 2001-08 for certain subsidiaries $ 7.8us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationInterestExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= yrcw_StateandForeignTaxAuthorityMember