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Income Taxes Level 4 (Details) - Summary of the Valuation Allowance (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]      
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $ 26us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 349us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (384)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Domestic 999us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsDomestic    
Movement in Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Roll Forward]      
Balance at Beginning of Period 518us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 122us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 432us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Changes in Related Gross Deferred Tax Assets/Liabilities 24us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount (58)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount 11us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
Charge/Release 46us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesDeductions 454us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesDeductions (321)us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesDeductions
Balance at End of Period 588us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 518us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 122us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Tax Credit Carryforward, Amount 2us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount    
Valuation allowance on state net operating loss carryforwards 63msc_Valuationallowanceonstatenetoperatinglosscarryforwards    
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Valuation Allowance 154us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance    
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries $ 433us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries