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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Transition Tax for Accumulated Foreign Earnings, Percentage of Liability Payable, Year Seven

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Transition Tax for Accumulated Foreign Earnings, Percentage of Liability Payable, Year Six

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible capital loss carryforwards.

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Estimated amount of loss resulting from an adverse tax position.

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The amount of income taxes from which a reporting entity is exempt or for which it will receive a reduction in income taxes as a result of the income tax holiday granted by the taxing jurisdiction.

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Per share amount effect of the income tax benefit resulting from the income tax holidays granted by taxing jurisdictions.

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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The amount of the tax credit carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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Amount of tax liability from transition tax on accumulated earnings of controlled foreign corporation deemed repatriated pursuant to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 25, 2023	Jan. 31, 2025	Mar. 31, 2025	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2018
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income tax holiday, aggregate dollar amount			$ 12.0	$ 22.5	$ 26.7
Impact of the tax holidays, each basic and diluted net income per share (in dollars per share)			$ 0.02	$ 0.04	$ 0.05
Capital loss carryforward			$ 9.8	$ 10.5
Tax credits, foreign jurisdictions			9.5
TCJA transition tax for accumulated foreign earnings, percentage of liability payable each year for fiscal 2019 through fiscal 2023							8.00%
TCJA expected transition tax on accumulated unrepatriated foreign earnings							$ 293.6
TCJA transition tax for accumulated foreign earnings, percentage of liability payable in fiscal 2024							15.00%
TCJA transition tax for accumulated foreign earnings, percentage of liability payable in fiscal 2025							20.00%
TCJA transition tax for accumulated foreign earnings, percentage of liability payable in fiscal 2026							25.00%
TCJA transition tax on accumulated unrepatriated foreign earnings payable			73.4
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties accrued			135.8	104.6
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest expense			31.2	24.2	$ 7.6
Unrecognized tax benefits			821.2	792.4	$ 848.0	$ 804.1
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate			706.4	$ 682.4
Foreign Tax Authority and Federal and State Jurisdiction
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards			59.3
Tax credit carryforward, amount			$ 257.3
Foreign Tax Jurisdiction \| Malaysian IRB
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income tax, estimate of possible loss	$ 410.0
Foreign Tax Jurisdiction \| German Tax Authorities (GTA)
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income tax, estimate of possible loss		$ 92.0