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Income Taxes (Unrecognized Tax Benefits) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Document Period End Date Mar. 31, 2015    
Unrecognized tax benefit netted against a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward $ (929)ebix_Unrecognizedtaxbenefitnettedagainstadeferredtaxassetforanetoperatinglosscarryforward   $ (1,135)ebix_Unrecognizedtaxbenefitnettedagainstadeferredtaxassetforanetoperatinglosscarryforward
Unrecognized tax benefits, period increase (decrease) 87us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 2,133us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease  
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]      
Beginning Balance 3,020us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 12,742us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 12,742us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Additions for tax positions related to current year 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions   451us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions
Additions for tax positions of prior years 87us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions   9,348us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Reductions for tax position of prior years 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions   (19,521)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Ending Balance $ 3,107us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits   $ 3,020us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits