Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Details)

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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]      
United States $ 242.9us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ 153.3us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ 111.8us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Foreign 45.0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 55.6us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 44.2us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Earnings before income taxes 287.9us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 208.9us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 156.0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Current tax expense (benefit) [Abstract]      
U.S. Federal 18.2us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit 32.4us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit 4.0us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
State and local 2.6us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit 5.8us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit 1.3us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit
Foreign 23.9us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 18.3us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 17.8us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
Total current 44.7us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 56.5us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 23.1us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred tax expense (benefit) [Abstract]      
U.S. Federal 42.4us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (514.6)us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 11.5us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
State and local 5.7us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (86.2)us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (0.4)us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Foreign 0.2us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (3.6)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (2.8)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Total deferred 48.3us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (604.4)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 8.3us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income tax provision (benefit) 93.0us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (547.9)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 31.4us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Current deferred tax assets:      
Product warranties 40.7us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsWarrantyReserves 44.0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsWarrantyReserves  
Sales incentives and discounts 28.3bc_DeferredTaxAssetsReservesAndAccrualsSalesIncentivesAndDiscounts 26.7bc_DeferredTaxAssetsReservesAndAccrualsSalesIncentivesAndDiscounts  
Tax credit carryforwards 57.2bc_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsCurrent 0bc_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsCurrent  
Other 98.7bc_DeferredTaxAssetsOtherCurrent 83.6bc_DeferredTaxAssetsOtherCurrent  
Gross current deferred tax assets 224.9us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGrossCurrent 154.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGrossCurrent  
Valuation allowance (10.6)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceCurrent (11.6)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceCurrent  
Total net current deferred tax assets 214.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent 142.7us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent  
Current deferred tax liabilities:      
Other (6.4)bc_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOtherCurrent (5.1)bc_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOtherCurrent  
Total current deferred tax liabilities 6.4us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGrossCurrent 5.1us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGrossCurrent  
Total net current deferred tax assets 207.9bc_Totalnetcurrentdeferredtaxasset 137.6bc_Totalnetcurrentdeferredtaxasset  
Non-current deferred tax assets:      
Pension 131.5us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions 107.8us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions  
Loss carryforwards 68.4bc_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsNonCurrent 93.1bc_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsNonCurrent  
Tax credit carryforwards 35.0bc_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsNoncurrent 163.2bc_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsNoncurrent  
Depreciation and amortization 51.0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsPropertyPlantAndEquipment 53.8us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Deferred compensation 29.5us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeCompensation 27.6us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeCompensation  
Postretirement and postemployment benefits 22.0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPostretirementBenefits 24.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPostretirementBenefits  
Deferred revenue 24.7us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome 16.6us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome  
Equity compensation 22.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost 19.4us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost  
Other 16.4bc_DeferredTaxAssetsOtherNonCurrent 15.1bc_DeferredTaxAssetsOtherNonCurrent  
Gross non-current deferred tax assets 400.8us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGrossNoncurrent 520.9us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGrossNoncurrent  
Valuation allowance (58.4)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceNoncurrent (76.6)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceNoncurrent  
Total net non-current deferred tax assets 342.4us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent 444.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent  
Non-current deferred tax liabilities:      
Unremitted foreign earnings and withholding (19.3)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings (24.6)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings  
State and local income taxes (35.3)bc_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesStateAndLocalIncomeTaxesNonCurrent (40.0)bc_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesStateAndLocalIncomeTaxesNonCurrent  
Other (0.1)bc_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOtherNoncurrent (2.7)bc_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOtherNoncurrent  
Total non-current deferred tax liabilities 54.7us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGrossNoncurrent 67.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGrossNoncurrent  
Total net non-current deferred tax assets (liabilities) $ 287.7bc_Totalnetnoncurrentdeferredtaxassetsliabilities $ 377.0bc_Totalnetnoncurrentdeferredtaxassetsliabilities