Income tax examination, year expected to be under examination.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Tax year being audited in the income tax examination, in CCYY format.

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Tax year that remains open to examination under enacted tax laws, in CCYY format.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (e)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32718-109319

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Income Taxes - Additional Information Regarding Examinations (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2011
Earliest Tax Year \| Foreign Country
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Tax years subject to examination	1996
Latest Tax Year \| Foreign Country
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Tax years subject to examination	2018
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Earliest Tax Year
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Tax years under audit		2010	2007	2004
Tax years subject to examination	2004
Tax years expected to be subject to examination	2014
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Latest Tax Year
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Tax years under audit		2013	2009	2006
Tax years subject to examination	2013
Tax years expected to be subject to examination	2017