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Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes Mattel’s provision for income taxes was $6.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, as compared to a benefit from income taxes of $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018. During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, Mattel recognized net discrete tax expense of $1.5 million and $4.5 million, respectively, primarily related to reassessments of prior years' tax liabilities and income taxes recorded on a discrete basis in various jurisdictions. As a result of the establishment of a valuation allowance on U.S. deferred tax assets in 2017, there was no U.S. tax benefit provided for U.S. losses during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. In the normal course of business, Mattel is regularly audited by federal, state, and foreign tax authorities. Based on the current status of federal, state, and foreign audits, Mattel believes it is reasonably possible that in the next twelve months, the total unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by approximately $6 million related to the settlement of tax audits and/or the expiration of statutes of limitations. The ultimate settlement of any particular issue with the applicable taxing authority could have a material impact on Mattel’s consolidated financial statements. Mattel adopted ASU 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income: Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income on January 1, 2019. Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "U.S. Tax Act"), deferred taxes were adjusted to reflect the reduction of the federal income tax rate to the newly enacted federal income tax rate, which left the tax effects on items within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) stranded at historical tax rates. ASU 2018-02 permits the reclassification of disproportionate tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) caused by the U.S. Tax Act to retained earnings.  Mattel elected not to reclassify income tax effects related to the U.S. Tax Act out of accumulated other comprehensive loss and into retained earnings.  Mattel releases tax effects from accumulated other comprehensive loss utilizing the portfolio approach with respect to pension and postretirement benefit plan obligations.

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The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680

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