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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts |
Valuation Allowance Roll Forward |
WATERS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
For each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Amounts |  |  |
|  |  |  | Balance at |  | Charged to |  | Recorded in |  | Balance at
|  |  |  | Beginning |  | Provision for |  | Additional Paid- |  | End of
|  |  |  | of Period |  | Income Taxes* |  | In Capital** |  | Period
Valuation allowance for |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2013 |  | $ | 93,576 |  | $ | 484 |  | $ | 892 |  | $ | 94,952
| 2012 |  | $ | 10,248 |  | $ | 80,974 |  | $ | 2,354 |  | $ | 93,576
| 2011 |  | $ | 10,361 |  | $ | 63 |  | $ | (176) |  | $ | 10,248
* | These amounts have been recorded as part of the income statement provision for income taxes. The income statement effects of these amounts have largely been offset by amounts related to changes in other deferred tax balance sheet accounts.
** | During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded amounts associated with the tax benefit related to stock option plans in additional paid-in capital. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company released valuation allowances on a portion of the deferred tax assets created by the tax benefit related to stock option plans that had been previously established in additional paid-in capital.

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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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