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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract]      
Adjustment of deferred tax balances $ 23,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsAdjustmentOfDeferredTaxAssetLiability $ 7,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsAdjustmentOfDeferredTaxAssetLiability  
Domestic production activities deduction 14,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities    
Federal research and development credits 5,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch 5,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch  
Tax reserve adjustment 11,000,000ftr_TaxReserveAdjustment    
Non-deductible transaction costs 2,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense 3,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense  
Reversal of reserves for uncertain tax postions   2,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 12,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Settlement of 2010 IRS audit   5,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxSettlementsDomestic  
Effect of expiration of statute of limitations during next twelve months 3,000,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit    
State tax operating loss carryforward 3,000,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal    
Gross tax liability for tax positions that may not be sustained under a more likely than not threshold 20,000,000ftr_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncludingInterests    
Additional interest recognized on tax liability 1,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationInterestExpense    
Accrued interest on tax liability $ 1,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationInterestAccrued $ 1,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationInterestAccrued