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Income Taxes (Details 2) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred tax liabilities:    
Deferred sales commissions $ (4,285,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDeferredExpense $ (6,928,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDeferredExpense
Property and equipment (10,335,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment (6,706,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Benefit plans (11,452,000)wdr_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesBenefitPlansCosts (10,620,000)wdr_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesBenefitPlansCosts
Identifiable intangible assets (12,562,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets (16,697,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets
Unrealized gains on investment securities   (1,853,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOtherComprehensiveIncome
Prepaid expenses (2,150,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPrepaidExpenses (2,100,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPrepaidExpenses
Total gross deferred liabilities (40,784,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities (44,904,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities
Deferred tax assets:    
Accrued compensation 9,098,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeCompensation 10,893,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeCompensation
Additional pension and postretirement liability 28,389,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits 11,663,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits
Other accrued expenses 5,789,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsOther 5,151,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsOther
Unrealized losses on investment securities 673,000wdr_DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedLossesOnInvestmentSecurities 962,000wdr_DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedLossesOnInvestmentSecurities
Unrealized losses on investments in partnerships 370,000wdr_DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedLossesOnInvestmentsInPartnerships 2,031,000wdr_DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedLossesOnInvestmentsInPartnerships
Capital loss carryforwards 6,849,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforwards 9,474,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforwards
Nonvested stock 20,300,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost 21,860,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost
Unused state tax credits 992,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwards 866,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwards
State net operating loss carryforwards 5,718,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal 6,521,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal
Other 3,572,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther 3,962,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther
Valuation allowance    
Valuation allowance (13,476,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (16,986,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Decrease in valuation allowance related to realized capital gains on securities in investment portfolios and capital gain distributions from investments 1,500,000wdr_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmountDueToRealizationOfCapitalGainsOnSecuritiesAndCapitalGainDistributionsFromInvestments  
Decrease in valuation allowance related to reduction in the tax loss on the sale of Legend 600,000wdr_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmountOnAccountOfReductionInTaxLoss  
Reduction in valuation allowance due to realized capital gains on securities and appreciation in fair value of investment portfolios 200,000wdr_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmountDueToRealizationOfCapitalGainsOnSecuritiesAndAppreciationInFairValueOfInvestmentPortfolios  
Total gross deferred assets 81,750,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross 73,383,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
Net deferred tax asset 27,490,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet 11,493,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet
State tax credit carryforwards that will expire between 2024 and 2030 if not utilized 800,000wdr_StateTaxCreditCarryforwardsExpireBetween2019And2021IfNotUtilized  
State tax credit carryforwards that will expire in 2026 if not utilized 200,000wdr_StateTaxCreditCarryforwardsExpireIn2027IfNotUtilized  
Capital loss carryforward    
Valuation allowance    
Valuation allowance (7,900,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= wdr_ValuationAllowanceCapitalLossCarryforwardsMember
(10,600,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= wdr_ValuationAllowanceCapitalLossCarryforwardsMember
Decrease in valuation allowance related to realized capital gains on securities in investment portfolios and capital gain distributions from investments 4,200,000wdr_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmountDueToRealizationOfCapitalGainsOnSecuritiesAndCapitalGainDistributionsFromInvestments
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= wdr_ValuationAllowanceCapitalLossCarryforwardsMember
 
Increase in valuation allowance related to losses from partnership investments 300,000wdr_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmountOnAccountOfLossesFromPartnershipInvestments
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= wdr_ValuationAllowanceCapitalLossCarryforwardsMember
 
Reduction in valuation allowance due to realized capital gains on securities and appreciation in fair value of investment portfolios 2,300,000wdr_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmountDueToRealizationOfCapitalGainsOnSecuritiesAndAppreciationInFairValueOfInvestmentPortfolios
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= wdr_ValuationAllowanceCapitalLossCarryforwardsMember
 
Net operating loss carryforwards    
Valuation allowance    
Valuation allowance $ (5,600,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember
$ (6,400,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember