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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Cash payments for income taxes | $ 212.3 | $ 277.4 | $ 210.5 |
Gross reserve for unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties | 2.4 | 1.7 | $ 1.9 | $ 5.2
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact of effective tax rate | 2.4 |  |  |
Interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits and penalties | 0.1 | $ 0.1 |  |
Reasonably possible decrease in unrecognized tax benefits related to state apportionment issues in next 12 months | $ 0.0 |  |  |
Boise Inc. |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open tax year | 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 |  |  |
Non U.S. taxing jurisdiction |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Open tax year | 2009 |  |  |
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Income tax examination (description) | A federal examination of the 2016 tax year concluded in March 2021. |  |  |
Open tax year | 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 |  |  |

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