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06195 - Disclosure - Income Taxes (Details 5)
(http://abitibibowater.com/role/IncomeTaxesDetails5)
TableIncome Tax Contingency [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]Period [Axis]
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