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Equity (Details Textual) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
9 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015
Jan. 31, 2015
Nov. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2015
Mar. 11, 2015
Equity (Textual)          
Dividends paid $ 43.2us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash        
Common stock dividends declared $ 1.85us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid        
Shares contributed cost by company 1.3us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized        
Board of Directors [Member]          
Equity (Textual)          
Common stock dividends declared   $ 0.64us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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= us-gaap_BoardOfDirectorsChairmanMember
$ 0.68us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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Class A common stock [Member]          
Equity (Textual)          
Dividends paid           
Class A common stock [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]          
Equity (Textual)          
Dividend per share declared       $ 0.18us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare
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Date of declared dividend to be paid       Jun. 23, 2015  
Record date of declared dividend       Jun. 15, 2015  
Class B common stock [Member]          
Equity (Textual)          
Dividends paid           
Shares contributed cost by company 70,843idt_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionInEmployerShares
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Class B common stock shares repurchased 29,675us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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Aggregate purchase price of shares repurchased 0.4us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod
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Stock repurchase program, remaining number of shares authorized to be repurchased 5,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period         300,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights         The shares vest 50% in January 2017 and 50% in July 2018.
Unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted shares         $ 5.0us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
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Class B common stock [Member] | Stock Repurchase Program [Member]          
Equity (Textual)          
Stock repurchase program, shares authorized for repurchase 8,300,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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Class B common stock [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]          
Equity (Textual)          
Dividend per share declared       $ 0.18us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare
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Date of declared dividend to be paid       Jun. 23, 2015  
Record date of declared dividend       Jun. 15, 2015