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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Jan. 01, 2011
Jan. 02, 2010
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]          
Undistributed earnings of certain international subsidiaries from which deferred taxes and foreign withholding taxes are not provided $ 86,100,000midd_PermanentlyReinvestedForeignEarnings $ 57,800,000midd_PermanentlyReinvestedForeignEarnings      
Unrecognized tax benefits rleated to federal, state and foreign taxes 12,474,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 12,727,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits   12,122,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 15,591,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized tax benefits related to federal, state and foreign taxes that would impact the effective tax rate if recognized 12,200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate        
Unrecognized tax benefits, accured interest 1,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued        
Unrecognized tax benefits, penalties 3,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued        
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest recognized (300,000)midd_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestExpenseIncomeOnIncomeTaxesExpense 400,000midd_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestExpenseIncomeOnIncomeTaxesExpense (200,000)midd_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestExpenseIncomeOnIncomeTaxesExpense    
Unrecognized tax benefits, penalties recognized $ 1,100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesExpense $ 200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesExpense $ (400,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesExpense