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Income Taxes (Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Statutory tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income taxes, net of federal benefit 0.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
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
Dividends received from deconsolidated operations (1.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsDividends (0.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsDividends (1.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsDividends
Remeasurement effect (4.90%)uvv_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationCurrencyRemeasurement (1.00%)uvv_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationCurrencyRemeasurement (1.00%)uvv_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationCurrencyRemeasurement
Other, including changes in liabilities recorded for uncertain tax positions (0.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective income tax rate 24.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 32.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 32.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations