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Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Income Taxes	Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes The Company’s income tax provision consists of federal, state and foreign income taxes. The tax provision for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019 was based on the estimated effective tax rates applicable for the full years ending March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, respectively, after giving effect to items specifically related to the interim periods. The Company’s effective income tax rate with respect to any period may be volatile based on the mix of income in the tax jurisdictions in which the Company operates, change in tax laws and the amount of the Company's consolidated income before taxes. On May 19, 2019, a public referendum held in Switzerland approved the Federal Act on Tax Reform and AHV (Old-Age and Survivors Insurance) Financing (TRAF) as adopted by the Swiss Federal Parliament on September 28, 2018. The Swiss tax reform measures are effective January 1, 2020. Certain provisions of the TRAF were enacted during the second quarter of fiscal 2020. Significant changes in the tax reform include the abolishment of preferential tax regimes for holding companies, domicile companies and mixed companies at the cantonal level. The transitional provisions of the TRAF allow companies to elect tax basis adjustments to fair value, which is used for tax depreciation and amortization purposes resulting in a deduction over the transitional period. The Company recorded a deferred tax asset of $21,000 during the second quarter of fiscal 2020, related to the amortizable goodwill, subject to final negotiations with the Swiss federal and cantonal tax authority. The consolidated effective income tax rates for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019 were 16.2% and (13.3)%, respectively and for the nine months of fiscal 2020 and 2019 were 0.7% and 10.4%, respectively. The rate increase in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 compared to the comparable prior year quarter is primarily due to changes in mix of earnings among tax jurisdictions and items related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”), including a $13,483 benefit in fiscal 2019. The rate decrease in the nine months of fiscal 2020 compared to the comparable prior year period is primarily due to changes in mix of earnings among tax jurisdictions, Swiss tax reform and items related to the Tax Act in fiscal 2019. Foreign income as a percentage of worldwide income is estimated to be 76% for fiscal 2020 compared to 74% for fiscal 2019. The foreign effective income tax rates for the nine months of fiscal 2020 and 2019 were (3.9)% and 11.8%, respectively. The rate decrease compared to the prior year period is primarily due to Swiss tax reform and changes in the mix of earnings among tax jurisdictions. Income from the Company's Swiss subsidiary comprised a substantial portion of the Company's overall foreign mix of income and was taxed at an effective income tax rate of approximately 6% in both the current and prior year quarter of fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019.