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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Dollars in Millions)
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|  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Other |  | Deductions |  | Balance at End of Period
Year Ended December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts and estimated returns |  | $ | 73 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 77 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts and estimated returns |  | $ | 59 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 73 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Year Ended December 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts and estimated returns |  | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 59 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |

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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 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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