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Income Taxes (Unrecognized Tax Benefits) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits $ (16,200,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease    
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate favorably, if recognized   32,300,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 17,012,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits, that if recognized would impact the effective tax rate 15,288,000crl_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsthatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRatePeriodIncrease    
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Amount of Unrecorded Benefit 10,700,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit    
unrecognized tax benefit (settlement of audit) 600,000crl_Unrecognizedtaxbenefitsettlementofaudit    
Reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits      
Beginning balance 18,475,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 30,996,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 27,976,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Additions, Tax positions for current year 1,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 2,009,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 1,907,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions
Additions, Tax positions for prior years 18,502,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 1,709,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 4,196,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Reductions, Tax positions for current year 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions
Reductions, Tax positions for prior years 3,722,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions (732,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions (28,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Reductions, Settlements 308,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities (15,246,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities (3,055,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities
Reductions, Expiration of statute of limitations 20,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations (261,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations
Ending balance 34,627,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 18,475,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 30,996,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax interest accrued      
Interest related to unrecognized income tax benefits   $ 1,400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued $ 691,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued