Revenue Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 597.3	$ 790.9
Accounts Receivable, net of allowance of $42.7	3,942.5	4,585.0
Expenditures billable to clients		0.0
Accounts receivable, billable to clients	1,981.1	1,747.4
Assets held for sale	12.0	5.7
Other current assets	430.6	346.5
Total current assets	6,963.5	7,475.5
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,036.2	634.2	650.4
Deferred income taxes	273.1	234.0
Goodwill	3,839.7	3,820.4
Other non-current assets	529.6	524.4
TOTAL ASSETS	12,240.1	12,704.7
Accounts payable	5,467.1	6,420.2
Accrued liabilities	528.1	674.7
Contract liabilities	507.5	484.7
Short-term borrowings	799.4	84.9
Current portion of long-term debt	2.1	2.0
Liabilities held for sale	18.3	8.8
Total current liabilities	7,322.5	7,675.3
Long-term debt	1,288.2	1,285.6
Deferred compensation	457.1	476.6
Other non-current liabilities	785.1	768.8
TOTAL LIABILITIES	9,852.9	10,206.3
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	246.9	252.1	$ 241.2	$ 252.8
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock	39.0	38.6
Additional paid-in capital	963.7	955.2
Retained earnings	2,010.5	2,104.5
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(790.8)	(827.8)	(910.6)	(964.4)
Stockholders Equity Subtotal Before Treasury Stock	2,222.4	2,270.5
Less: Treasury stock	(113.9)	(59.0)
Total IPG stockholders' equity	2,108.5	2,211.5
Noncontrolling interests	31.8	34.8
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	2,140.3	2,246.3	2,034.0	2,090.4
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 12,240.1	12,704.7
As Previously Reported
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents		790.9
Accounts Receivable, net of allowance of $42.7		4,585.0
Expenditures billable to clients		1,747.4
Accounts receivable, billable to clients		0.0
Assets held for sale		5.7
Other current assets		335.1
Total current assets		7,464.1
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,036.2		650.4
Deferred income taxes		236.0
Goodwill		3,820.4
Other non-current assets		524.3
TOTAL ASSETS		12,695.2
Accounts payable		6,907.8
Accrued liabilities		674.7
Contract liabilities		0.0
Short-term borrowings		84.9
Current portion of long-term debt		2.0
Liabilities held for sale		8.8
Total current liabilities		7,678.2
Long-term debt		1,285.6
Deferred compensation		476.6
Other non-current liabilities		766.9
TOTAL LIABILITIES		10,207.3
Redeemable noncontrolling interests		252.1
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock		38.6
Additional paid-in capital		955.2
Retained earnings		2,093.6
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax		(827.4)
Stockholders Equity Subtotal Before Treasury Stock		2,260.0
Less: Treasury stock		(59.0)
Total IPG stockholders' equity		2,201.0
Noncontrolling interests		34.8
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY		2,235.8
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY		12,695.2
ASC 606 Adjustments
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents		0.0
Accounts Receivable, net of allowance of $42.7		0.0
Expenditures billable to clients		(1,747.4)
Accounts receivable, billable to clients		1,747.4
Assets held for sale		0.0
Other current assets		11.4
Total current assets		11.4
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,036.2		0.0
Deferred income taxes		(2.0)
Goodwill		0.0
Other non-current assets		0.1
TOTAL ASSETS		9.5
Accounts payable		(487.6)
Accrued liabilities		0.0
Contract liabilities		484.7
Short-term borrowings		0.0
Current portion of long-term debt		0.0
Liabilities held for sale		0.0
Total current liabilities		(2.9)
Long-term debt		0.0
Deferred compensation		0.0
Other non-current liabilities		1.9
TOTAL LIABILITIES		(1.0)
Redeemable noncontrolling interests		0.0
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock		0.0
Additional paid-in capital		0.0
Retained earnings		10.9	38.8	35.6
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax		(0.4)	$ (1.2)	$ (1.9)
Stockholders Equity Subtotal Before Treasury Stock		10.5
Less: Treasury stock		0.0
Total IPG stockholders' equity		10.5
Noncontrolling interests		0.0
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY		10.5
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY		$ 9.5