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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Exhibits and Financial Statements Schedules [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] | Schedule II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
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| Balance at |  | Charged to |  | Deductions - |  |  |  | Balance
| Beginning of |  | Costs and |  | See Notes |  |  |  | At End of
| Period |  | Expenses |  | Below |  |  |  | Period
| (in millions)
Year Ended December 31, 2009: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 3.3 |  |  | $ | 8.2 |  |  | $ | 3.2 |  |  | (1) |  | $ | 8.3 |
Allowance for deferred taxes | 581.8 |  |  | 268.3 |  |  | 290.4 |  |  | (3) |  | 559.7 |
Inventory valuation allowance | 28.3 |  |  | 17.3 |  |  | 11.9 |  |  | (2) |  | 33.7 |
Year Ended December 31, 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 8.3 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 5.2 |  |  | (1) |  | 6.2 |
Allowance for deferred taxes | 559.7 |  |  | 50.9 |  |  | 49.7 |  |  | (4) |  | 560.9 |
Inventory valuation allowance | 33.7 |  |  | 7.7 |  |  | 13.7 |  |  | (2) |  | 27.7 |
Year Ended December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 6.2 |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | 4.0 |  |  | (1) |  | 5.5 |
Allowance for deferred taxes | 560.9 |  |  | 14.6 |  |  | 148.6 |  |  | (5) |  | 426.9 |
Inventory valuation allowance | 27.7 |  |  | 6.3 |  |  | 7.3 |  |  | (2) |  | 26.7 |
(1) | Uncollectible accounts charged off net of recoveries.
(2) | Primarily relates to inventory adjustments for physical quantity discrepancies and write-offs of excess and obsolete inventories.
(3) | Primarily relates to special legislation that was passed in 2009 that allowed us to extend the carryback period of our 2008 net operating loss and the decrease in the net deferred tax assets due to a deferred tax liability that was recorded in 2009 for the estimated tax impact of undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries.
(4) | Primarily relates to the utilization of some of the 2009 NOL carryover and an adjustment of the deferred tax liability for the U.S. tax impact of undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries.
(5) | Prim aril y relates to the utilization of some of the 2009 NOL carryover, an adjustment of the deferred tax liability for the U.S. tax impact of undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries and the settlement of the U.S. audit appeals for the 2004 to 2007 tax years.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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