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Income Taxes - Income Tax Reconciliation (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Amount [Abstract]                      
Income taxes at U.S. statutory rate of 35%                 $ 343.0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 304.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 266.4us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State taxes, net of federal benefit                 2.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 2.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 2.2us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
U.S. tax on non-U.S. earnings                 18.8us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationRepatriationOfForeignEarnings (2.8)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationRepatriationOfForeignEarnings 22.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationRepatriationOfForeignEarnings
Affiliates' earnings                 (16.2)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationEquityInEarningsLossesOfUnconsolidatedSubsidiary (15.6)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationEquityInEarningsLossesOfUnconsolidatedSubsidiary (15.0)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationEquityInEarningsLossesOfUnconsolidatedSubsidiary
Foreign rate differential                 (84.1)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (73.4)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (57.9)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Tax holidays                 (23.6)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays (15.6)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays (27.0)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxHolidays
Withholding taxes                 10.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 15.4us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 12.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Impairments and write-offs                     4.8us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses
Tax credits                 (3.9)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCredits (6.9)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCredits (2.3)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCredits
Reserve adjustments, settlements and claims                 41.0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxSettlements 0.5us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxSettlements 12.9us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxSettlements
Valuation allowance adjustments                 5.5us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (1.4)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 9.7us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Other                 (1.1)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems 11.5us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems 10.2us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems
Provision for income taxes 67.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 71.9us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 85.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 68.1us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 44.5us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 56.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 66.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 50.9us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 292.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 218.3us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 238.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Tax benefit associated with restructuring 3.4bwa_TaxBenefitAssociatedWithRestructuring 1.4bwa_TaxBenefitAssociatedWithRestructuring 1.7bwa_TaxBenefitAssociatedWithRestructuring 8.8bwa_TaxBenefitAssociatedWithRestructuring         15.3bwa_TaxBenefitAssociatedWithRestructuring 5.1bwa_TaxBenefitAssociatedWithRestructuring 7.7bwa_TaxBenefitAssociatedWithRestructuring
Tax benefit on intangible asset impairment 0.4us-gaap_DeferredOtherTaxExpenseBenefit       2.0us-gaap_DeferredOtherTaxExpenseBenefit            
Tax benefit of project termination settlement               3.8bwa_TaxBenefitOfProjectTerminationSettlement      
Tax benefit associated retirement obligations               2.1bwa_TaxBenefitAssociatedWithRetirementObligations      
Other tax adjustments           5.6bwa_OtherTaxAdjustments   1.7bwa_OtherTaxAdjustments   11.7bwa_OtherTaxAdjustments 19.8bwa_OtherTaxAdjustments
Tax benefit of research and development and international tax credit extensions               6.6bwa_TaxBenefitOfResearchAndDevelopmentAndInternationalTaxCreditExtensions   6.7bwa_TaxBenefitOfResearchAndDevelopmentAndInternationalTaxCreditExtensions  
Other tax benefits 0.2us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit 0.9us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit       3.1us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit     1.1us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit 2.2us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit  
Reversal of certain state valuation allowances         4.4us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount 2.5us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount       8.0us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount  
Tax impact of other tax adjustments               4.9bwa_TaxImpactOfOtherTaxAdjustments   5.2bwa_TaxImpactOfOtherTaxAdjustments  
Tax benefit (expense) associated with disposal activities and restructuring                     2.0bwa_TaxBenefitExpenseAssociatedWithDisposalActivitiesAndRestructuring
Tax impact of loss on disposals                     5.7bwa_TaxImpactOfLossOnDisposals
Settlement of certain tax audits                     5.9us-gaap_TaxAdjustmentsSettlementsAndUnusualProvisions
Impact of change in repatriation assertion                     7.5bwa_ImpactOfChangeInRepatriationAssertion
Change in enacted tax rate                     4.7us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInEnactedTaxRate
Tax impact of writedown of tax accounts                     $ 11.1bwa_TaxImpactOfWritedownOfTaxAccounts