Interim Financial Statement Presentation (Policies)	3 Months Ended
Interim Financial Statement Presentation (Policies)	Mar. 31, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
New Accounting Standards	New Accounting Standards In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP. As a result of a deferral of the effective date enacted in July 2015, the new standard would be effective for public entities on January 1, 2018. ASU 2014-09 allows the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company is evaluating the effect of ASU 2014-09 and has not yet selected a transition method nor has it determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing financial reporting. In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest, to reduce complexity in accounting standards and make the presentation of debt issuance costs consistent with the presentation of debt discounts. This ASU requires debt issuance costs to be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the associated debt liability, rather than as an asset. ASU 2015-03 is limited to simplifying the presentation of debt issuance costs and there will be no effect on the income statement. The Company adopted the new guidance in the first quarter of 2016 and applied it retrospectively. The adoption of this standard resulted in the Company presenting its remaining unamortized debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability, and there was no impact on the Company's operating results. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. This ASU requires prospective adoption and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which aims to make leasing activities more transparent and comparable and requires substantially all leases be recognized by lessees on their balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability, including leases currently accounted for as operating leases. This ASU is effective for all interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which affects entities that issue share-based payment awards to their employees. This ASU identifies areas for simplification involving several aspects of accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, classification on the statement of cash flows and forfeiture rate calculations. ASU 2016-09 is effective for all interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
Interim Income Tax Policy	The Company determines the interim tax provision by applying an estimate of the annual effective tax rate to the year-to-date pretax book income (loss) and adjusts for discrete items during the reporting period, if any. Tax jurisdictions with losses for which tax benefits cannot be realized are excluded. Additionally, for certain tax jurisdictions where a reliable estimate of year-to-date income tax expense or benefit cannot be made, the Company applied the actual effective tax rate to year-to-date income.

Disclosure of accounting policy for income taxes, which may include its accounting policies for recognizing and measuring deferred tax assets and liabilities and related valuation allowances, recognizing investment tax credits, operating loss carryforwards, tax credit carryforwards, and other carryforwards, methodologies for determining its effective income tax rate and the characterization of interest and penalties in the financial statements.

WireCo WorldGroup Inc. 10-Q