Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

INCOME TAXES (Components of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities) (Detail)

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INCOME TAXES (Components of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities) (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred income tax assets:    
Employee pension benefits $ 142.6us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions $ 108.9us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions
Net operating and capital loss carryforwards 136.1us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforwards 132.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforwards
Foreign tax credits 94.7us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign 51.7us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign
Employee compensation programs 67.1us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeCompensation 61.9us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeCompensation
Reserves and accrued expenses 6.4us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccruals 8.5us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccruals
Deferred revenue 3.3us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome 2.5us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome
Other 8.7us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther 5.9us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther
Gross deferred income tax assets 458.9us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross 371.7us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
Valuation allowance (121.4)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (121.5)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Total deferred income tax assets, net 337.5us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet 250.2us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet
Deferred income tax liabilities:    
Goodwill and intangible assets (334.5)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssets (313.7)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssets
Pension expense (99.9)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPrepaidExpenses (101.9)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPrepaidExpenses
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries (96.1)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings (52.5)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings
Depreciation (13.4)efx_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDepreciation (14.5)efx_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDepreciation
Other (15.4)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther (11.7)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther
Total deferred income tax liability (559.3)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities (494.3)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities
Net deferred income tax liability $ (221.8)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet $ (244.1)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet