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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Discrete Income Tax Expense Benefit $ (1,227,000)bhe_Discreteincometaxexpensebenefit $ 0bhe_Discreteincometaxexpensebenefit $ 0bhe_Discreteincometaxexpensebenefit
Net changes in the total valuation allowance 6,400,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount (11,500,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount (700,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
Established valuation allowance for acquired deferred tax assets   4,600,000bhe_ValuationAllowanceAcquiredDeferredTaxAssets  
Cumulative undistributed earnings 717,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Income tax incentives 12,721,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays 8,842,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays 8,035,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
Net impact of holiday tax incentives, per diluted share $ 0.23us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare $ 0.16us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare $ 0.14us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare
Unrecognized tax benefits including interest and penalties 18,000,000bhe_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncludingInterestAndPenalties    
Interest on unrecognized tax 1,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued    
Penalty on unrecognized tax 1,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued    
Interest and penalties included in income tax expense 100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense    
U.S. Federal [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Net changes in the total valuation allowance   17,500,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
 
Operating loss carryforwards 73,600,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
   
Tax credit carryforwards 5,500,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
   
Tax credit carryforwards expiration dates 2031    
State and local [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards 84,400,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
   
Tax credit carryforwards 1,600,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
   
Tax credit carryforwards expiration dates 2027    
Foreign [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards 14,400,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
   
Indefinite carryforward 31,000,000bhe_ForeignOperatingLossWithIndefiniteCarryForward
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
   
Operating loss carryforwards expiration dates 2024    
Minimum [Member] | U.S. Federal [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards expiration dates 2022    
Minimum [Member] | State and local [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards expiration dates 2017    
Maximum [Member] | U.S. Federal [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards expiration dates 2034    
Maximum [Member] | State and local [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards expiration dates 2031    
CHINA      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Income tax incentives 2,800,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_CN
0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_CN
2,449,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_CN
Income tax reconciliation tax holidays expiration date 2015    
MALAYSIA      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Income tax incentives 2,299,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_MY
1,559,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_MY
992,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_MY
Income tax reconciliation tax holidays expiration date 2016    
THAILAND      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Income tax incentives $ 7,622,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_TH
$ 7,283,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_TH
$ 4,594,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_TH
Income tax reconciliation tax holidays expiration date 2026