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Basis of Presentation, Uses of Estimates and Significant Accounting Policies Useful lives for property, equipment and capitalized software (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Furniture, Fixtures and equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Useful Life | 3 years
Furniture, Fixtures and equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Useful Life | 10 years
Buildings [Member] | Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Useful Life | 35 years
Buildings [Member] | Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Useful Life | 40 years
Capitalized software [Member] | Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Useful Life | 3 years
Capitalized software [Member] | Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Useful Life | 5 years

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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment. + References No definition available. + Details
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