Subsequent Events - (Details) - Cost & Compliance Associates, LLC. and Cost & Compliance Associates Limited [Member] - Subsequent Event	1 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2017 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred	$ 10,000,000
Business combination, consideration transferred	$ 18,000,000.0
Contingent consideration term	2 years

Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Earn-out Period

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Business Combination, Maximum Consideration to be Transferred

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3213-108585

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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