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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carry forwards foreign, federal and state credits $ 209,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards      
Total deferred tax assets 441,700,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet 602,600,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet    
Valuation allowance 227,800,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 240,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance    
U.S. federal and foreign net operating loss carryforwards 768,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards      
Valuation allowance, tax-effected basis 242,000,000see_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsForeignTaxEffectedBasis      
Foreign and federal tax credits and investment tax allowances 95,000,000see_ForeignFederalTaxCreditsAndInvestmentTaxAllowancesDeferredTaxAssets      
State net operating loss carry forwards 1,600,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal      
State net operating loss on tax effected basis 81,000,000see_StateNetOperatingLossOnTaxEffectedBasis      
State tax credits 21,000,000see_StateTaxCredits      
Net of federal tax benefits 14,000,000us-gaap_FederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations      
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance (12,000,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount 40,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount    
State net operating loss carryforwards expire Over one to 20 years      
State tax credit carryforwards expire Over one to 20 years      
Deferred tax liability, unremitted foreign earnings 130,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings 135,200,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings    
Deferred tax liability, foreign subsidiaries accumulated earnings 1,000,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedAmountOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxLiabilityUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries      
Net deferred income taxes (credited) charged to stockholders' equity 30,000,000see_IncomeTaxEffectsAllocatedDirectlyToEquityDeferredIncomeTax (7,000,000)see_IncomeTaxEffectsAllocatedDirectlyToEquityDeferredIncomeTax (25,000,000)see_IncomeTaxEffectsAllocatedDirectlyToEquityDeferredIncomeTax  
Adjustment to retained earnings       25,000,000us-gaap_CumulativeEffectOnRetainedEarningsNetOfTax1
Income tax provision (benefit) 9,100,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 84,900,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit [1] (265,400,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit [1] 16,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Reduction in unrecognized tax benefit 33,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions      
Decrease in income tax provision if unrecognized tax benefits were recognized 156,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate      
Reduction in unrecognized tax benefit in the next 12 months 107,000,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit      
Unrecognized interest and penalties 29,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 27,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued    
Unrecognized penalties 11,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued 12,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued    
Interest and penalties, reversed in connection with related tax accruals for uncertainties in prior years 4,000,000see_InterestAndPenaltiesReversedInConnection      
Minimum [Member]        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Examination of income tax return 3 years      
Income tax return in foreign jurisdictions 3 years      
Maximum [Member]        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Examination of income tax return 5 years      
Income tax return in foreign jurisdictions 5 years      
Federal        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Foreign and federal foreign tax credit carryforwards 95,000,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= see_FederalMember
     
2015 1,000,000see_TaxCreditCarryforwardsYearTwo
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= see_FederalMember
     
2016 25,000,000see_TaxCreditCarryforwardsYearThree
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= see_FederalMember
     
2017 12,000,000see_TaxCreditCarryforwardsYearFour
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= see_FederalMember
     
2018 12,000,000see_TaxCreditCarryforwardsYearFive
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= see_FederalMember
     
2019 14,000,000see_TaxCreditCarryforwardsYearSix
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= see_FederalMember
     
2020 and beyond 22,000,000see_TaxCreditCarryforwardsYearSevenAndBeyond
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= see_FederalMember
     
No expiration 9,000,000see_TaxCreditCarryforwardsNoExpiration
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= see_FederalMember
     
US Federal And Foreign Country [Member]        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
U.S. federal and foreign net operating loss carryforwards 768,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= see_USFederalAndForeignCountryMember
     
2015 5,000,000see_OperatingLossCarryforwardsYearTwo
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= see_USFederalAndForeignCountryMember
     
2016 4,000,000see_OperatingLossCarryforwardsYearThree
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= see_USFederalAndForeignCountryMember
     
2017 7,000,000see_OperatingLossCarryforwardsYearFour
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= see_USFederalAndForeignCountryMember
     
2018 20,000,000see_OperatingLossCarryforwardsYearFive
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= see_USFederalAndForeignCountryMember
     
2019 9,000,000see_OperatingLossCarryforwardsYearSix
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= see_USFederalAndForeignCountryMember
     
2020 and beyond 451,000,000see_OperatingLossCarryforwardsYearSevenAndBeyond
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= see_USFederalAndForeignCountryMember
     
No expiration 272,000,000see_OperatingLossCarryforwardsNoExpiration
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= see_USFederalAndForeignCountryMember
     
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
State net operating loss carry forwards 1,600,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
     
Foreign and federal foreign tax credit carryforwards 21,000,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
     
Foreign Tax [Member]        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Payments made to a foreign jurisdictions $ 6,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
     
[1] Certain amounts have been revised to reflect the retrospective application of the Company’s change in inventory costing method for certain U.S. inventories to the FIFO method from the LIFO method. Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Inventories,” of the notes to consolidated financial statements for further details surrounding this accounting policy change.