Component: (Network and Table) | |
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Network | 06195 - Disclosure - Income Taxes (Details 5) (http://abitibibowater.com/role/IncomeTaxesDetails5) |
Table | Income Tax Contingency [Table] |
Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001393066 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | |||
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2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31 | 2010-01-01 - 2010-12-31 | |||
Statement, Scenario [Axis] | Statement, Scenario [Axis] | |||
Successor [Member] | Predecessor [Member] | Successor [Member] | Predecessor [Member] | |
Reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits | ||||
Beginning of year | 191,000,000 | 191,000,000 | 206,000,000 | |
(Decrease) increase in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from | ||||
Positions taken in a prior period | (100,000,000) | 2,000,000 | ||
Positions taken in the current period | 20,000,000 | 42,000,000 | ||
Change in Canadian foreign exchange rate | (2,000,000) | (1,000,000) | ||
Expiration of statute of limitations | (58,000,000) | |||
End of year (Successor) | 109,000,000 | 191,000,000 | 191,000,000 |