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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 28, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes [Line Items]          
Valuation allowance gross $ 252,000,000prx_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceGross        
Valuation allowance 19,400,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance        
Valuation allowance gross, change in amount 7,100,000prx_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetGrossChangeInAmount        
Current unrecognized tax positions 14,500,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits        
Total amount of accrued interest and penalties resulting from unrecognized tax benefits 2,100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued   2,500,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued    
Unrecognized tax benefits that would affect the effective tax rate, if recognized 13,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate   13,300,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Unrecognized tax position that may recognized within next twelve months 2,200,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit        
State [Member]          
Income Taxes [Line Items]          
Net operating loss carry forwards 242,700,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
       
Successor [Member]          
Income Taxes [Line Items]          
Deferred tax asset likely to be realized 97,100,000prx_DeferredTaxAssetGrossLikelytobeRealized
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
       
Total deferred tax assets 116,509,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
  92,330,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
   
Valuation allowance 19,381,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
  12,322,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
   
Current unrecognized tax positions 14,495,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
12,538,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
17,981,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
12,119,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
 
Recognized interest and penalties 600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
40,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
500,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
   
Predecessor [Member]          
Income Taxes [Line Items]          
Current unrecognized tax positions       12,119,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
14,409,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Recognized interest and penalties       $ 400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember