A tax on profits realized when a capital asset is sold for a price that is higher than the purchase price.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of additional shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116856206&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Shareholders' Equity (Share Option Plan) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	May 02, 2019	Oct. 21, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Capital gains tax		25.00%
Value of shares authorized under one-year share repurchase plan			$ 15,000
Share Option Plan 2013 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized				500,000
Additional shares authorized	600,000