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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)
12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2014
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2014
EUR (€)
Sep. 09, 2011
EUR (€)
Nov. 15, 2005
EUR (€)
Mar. 31, 2015
U.S. Federal [Member]
Mar. 31, 2015
Minimum [Member]
State And Foreign Jurisdictions [Member]
Mar. 31, 2015
Maximum [Member]
State And Foreign Jurisdictions [Member]
Jun. 30, 2014
Deltafina [Member]
USD ($)
Income Tax [Line Items]                      
Continuing operations $ 38,006,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 75,535,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 66,366,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit               $ 8,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ uvv_TaxObligationMemberAxis
= uvv_DeltafinaMember
Fines Imposed By European Commission       53,000,000uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission 38,900,000uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission 30,000,000uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission 30,000,000uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission       30,000,000uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission
/ uvv_TaxObligationMemberAxis
= uvv_DeltafinaMember
Tax benefit arising from payment of a portion of the European Commission Fine by a subsidiary 5.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpense 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpense 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpense                
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate 2,200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate                    
Liability where a significant change in unrecognized tax benefits is reasonably possible $ 200,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit                    
Open Tax Year               2012      
Open tax years                 3 years 6 years