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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
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, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 5.5 |  |  | $ | 2.0 |  |  | $ | 1.0 |  |  | (1) |  | $ | 6.5 |
Allowance for deferred taxes | 426.9 |  |  | 80.9 |  |  | 341.7 |  |  | (3) |  | 166.1 |
Inventory valuation allowance | 26.7 |  |  | 7.9 |  |  | 13.6 |  |  | (2) |  | 21.0 |
Year Ended December 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 6.5 |  |  | 2.3 |  |  | 3.9 |  |  | (1) |  | 4.9 |
Allowance for deferred taxes | 166.1 |  |  | 14.0 |  |  | 16.4 |  |  |  |  | 163.7 |
Inventory valuation allowance | 21.0 |  |  | 19.4 |  |  | 13.1 |  |  | (2) |  | 27.3 |
Year Ended December 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 4.9 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | (1) |  | 4.6 |
Allowance for deferred taxes | 163.7 |  |  | 13.8 |  |  | 20.6 |  |  | (4) |  | 156.9 |
Inventory valuation allowance | 27.3 |  |  | 10.6 |  |  | 10.0 |  |  | (2) |  | 27.9 |
(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 the reversal of the valuation allowance against our net U.S. federal deferred tax assets.
(4) | Primarily relates to the reversal of a valuation allowance against an expiring net operating loss in China.

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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 FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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