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Income Taxes (Details 2) (USD $)
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Differences between the U.S. statutory federal tax rate and the Company's effective income tax rate        
U.S. statutory federal tax rate (as a percent)   35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State and local taxes (as a percent)   0.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Foreign earnings and dividends taxed at different rates (as a percent)   (8.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (9.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (7.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Valuation allowance (as a percent)   (0.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 0.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (0.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Tax impact of the delay in American Taxpayer Relief Act (as a percent)     (1.30%)aph_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxImpactOfDelayInAmericanTaxpayerReliefAct 1.50%aph_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxImpactOfDelayInAmericanTaxpayerReliefAct
Other (as a percent)   (0.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective tax rate (as a percent)   26.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 24.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 28.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Tax cost primarily related to delay of research and development credits and certain domestic taxes on foreign income that are part of tax provisions within American Taxpayer Relief Act $ 11.3aph_TaxBenefitRelatedPrimarilyToResearchAndDevelopmentCreditsAndCertainDomesticTaxesOnForeignIncomeThatArePartOfTaxProvisionsWithinAmericanTaxpayerReliefAct   $ (11.3)aph_TaxBenefitRelatedPrimarilyToResearchAndDevelopmentCreditsAndCertainDomesticTaxesOnForeignIncomeThatArePartOfTaxProvisionsWithinAmericanTaxpayerReliefAct $ 11.3aph_TaxBenefitRelatedPrimarilyToResearchAndDevelopmentCreditsAndCertainDomesticTaxesOnForeignIncomeThatArePartOfTaxProvisionsWithinAmericanTaxpayerReliefAct
Net income per diluted common share resulting from the delay in the reinstatement of certain federal income tax provisions for the year 2012 $ 0.03aph_EarningsPerShareDilutedResultingFromDelayInReinstatementOfCertainFederalIncomeTaxProvisions   $ 0.03aph_EarningsPerShareDilutedResultingFromDelayInReinstatementOfCertainFederalIncomeTaxProvisions $ 0.03aph_EarningsPerShareDilutedResultingFromDelayInReinstatementOfCertainFederalIncomeTaxProvisions
Reductions in tax expense for tax reserve adjustments relating to the completion of the audit     3.6us-gaap_TaxAdjustmentsSettlementsAndUnusualProvisions  
Reduction in tax expense per diluted common share     $ 0.01aph_TaxExpensesAdjustmentsPerShareDiluted  
Effective tax rate before adjustments (as a percent)   26.50%aph_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateBeforeAdjustments 26.30%aph_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateBeforeAdjustments 26.70%aph_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateBeforeAdjustments
Deferred tax assets relating to:        
Accrued liabilities and reserves   27.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccruals 25.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccruals  
Operating loss and tax credit carry forwards   26.2aph_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossAndTaxCreditCarryforwardsNet 19.6aph_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossAndTaxCreditCarryforwardsNet  
Pensions, net   61.1us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions 35.2us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions  
Inventory reserves   22.6us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsInventory 18.8us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsInventory  
Employee benefits   35.6us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits 32.0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits  
Deferred tax assets, excluding the valuation allowance   172.8us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross 130.9us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross  
Deferred tax liabilities relating to:        
Goodwill   129.4us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsGoodwill 108.5us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsGoodwill  
Depreciation and amortization   36.1us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment 4.2us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Contingent consideration   6.6aph_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesContingentConsideration 6.6aph_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesContingentConsideration  
Deferred Tax Liabilities   172.1us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities 119.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities  
Liability for unrecognized tax benefits, including penalties and interest, which if recognized would impact the effective tax rate   19.2us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 14.9us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate  
Reconciliation of the gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits excluding interest and penalties        
Unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of the period 26.4us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 24.8us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 26.4us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 20.2us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Gross increases and gross decreases for tax positions in prior periods   2.2aph_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesAndDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 1.4aph_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesAndDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 11.3aph_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesAndDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Gross increases - current period tax position   2.6us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 2.4us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 1.5us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions
Settlements   (0.5)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities   (3.1)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities
Lapse of statute of limitations   (1.4)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations (5.4)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations (3.5)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations
Unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the period   27.7us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 24.8us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 26.4us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Estimated interest and penalties included in provision for income taxes   0.9us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 0.2us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense (0.3)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Tax-related interest and penalties liability for unrecognized tax benefits   4.5us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 3.0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 2.8us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Unrecognized tax benefits, anticipated adjustment for changing facts and circumstances, over the next twelve month period   $ 3.3us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit