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Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 30, 2017 | Jul. 01, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Effective tax rate | 18.00% |  |  | 31.40% |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent | 21.00% |  |  | 35.00% |
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Total | $ 0.0 |  | $ 231.3 |  | $ 221.4
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Mandatory Transition Tax |  | $ (6.2) | 215.5 |  |
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Revaluation of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities |  | (5.5) | $ 15.8 |  |
Provisional U.S. Tax Reform Charge - Expected Future Remittance of Certain Previously Deferred Foreign Earnings |  | 1.8 |  |  |
Non-current liability for unrecognized tax benefits | 77.8 | 79.2 |  |  | 79.2
Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate | $ 69.0 | $ 68.4 |  |  | $ 68.4

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