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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]    
Income tax expense (benefit) $ 5,046us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 4,467us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Effective tax rate 37.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 31.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Expected effective income tax rate for the year 37.00%aaon_ExpectedEffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Statutory federal tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate  
Investment Tax Credit Carryforward [Member]    
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]    
Income tax expense (benefit) $ (700)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_ChangeInAccountingEstimateByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_InvestmentCreditMember