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Income Taxes (Details 3) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 04, 2014
Income Taxes          
Income tax provision (benefit) at U.S. statutory rates   $ (27,424,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ (24,923,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 13,366,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate  
State taxes, net of U.S. federal impact   (662,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes (1,554,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes (89,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes  
Effect of international operations   (6,160,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (4,275,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (2,387,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential  
Domestic production activities deduction     1,554,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities (489,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities  
Research and development tax credit   (1,935,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch (3,151,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch (3,013,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch  
Net change in valuation allowance   27,156,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 2,420,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 2,943,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Change in accrual for unrecognized tax benefits   (1,940,000)veco_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInAccrualForUnrecognizedTaxBenefits 577,000veco_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInAccrualForUnrecognizedTaxBenefits 533,000veco_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInAccrualForUnrecognizedTaxBenefits  
Goodwill impairment   9,786,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses      
Change in contingent consideration   (10,279,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies 290,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies    
Other   44,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 115,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 793,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments  
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes   (11,414,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (28,947,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 11,657,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Reversal of additional tax of foreign jurisdiction 4,900,000veco_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAdditional        
Excess tax benefits from stock option exercises not recorded   600,000veco_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalIncomeTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationNotRecorded 500,000veco_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalIncomeTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationNotRecorded    
Excess tax benefits from stock option exercises       2,100,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation  
PSP          
Income taxes          
Deferred tax liability related to acquisition         $ 2,700,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesInvestments
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