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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]        
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries $ 625,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries      
Cash held by non-US subsidiaries 330,000,000cr_CashheldbynonUSsubsidiaries 257,000,000cr_CashheldbynonUSsubsidiaries    
Income tax benefits attributable to equity-based compensation (7,700,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxEffectsAllocatedDirectlyToEquityPriorPeriodAdjustment (6,400,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxEffectsAllocatedDirectlyToEquityPriorPeriodAdjustment (3,600,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxEffectsAllocatedDirectlyToEquityPriorPeriodAdjustment  
Tax expense/(benefit) related to changes in pension and post-retirement plan assets and benefit obligations (61,100,000)cr_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitRelatedToChangesInPensionAndPostRetirementPlanAssetsAndBenefitObligations 36,200,000cr_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitRelatedToChangesInPensionAndPostRetirementPlanAssetsAndBenefitObligations (13,400,000)cr_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitRelatedToChangesInPensionAndPostRetirementPlanAssetsAndBenefitObligations  
Unrealized tax asset on related tax loss 95,500,000cr_UnrealizedTaxLossCreditCarryforward 108,700,000cr_UnrealizedTaxLossCreditCarryforward    
Valuation allowance against U.S. and non-U.S. deferred tax assets 45,500,000cr_ValuationAllowanceEstablishedAgainstUsDefferredTaxAssets 41,900,000cr_ValuationAllowanceEstablishedAgainstUsDefferredTaxAssets    
Total valuation allowance 141,018,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 150,591,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance    
Increase in total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate 42,200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 27,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 18,900,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate  
Interest expense and penalties, related to unrecognized tax benefits 700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 900,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense   400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest accrued 4,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 4,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued    
Change in unrecognized tax benefits is reasonably possible, amount of unrecorded benefit $ 7,100,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit