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Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | SCHEDULE II IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (in thousands)
|  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Charges to Costs and Expenses |  | Charges to Other Accounts 1 |  |  | Write-Offs/Cash Payments |  |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  |  | Balance at End of Year |
Reserves for doubtful accounts receivable: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2012 | $ | 3,239 |  | $ | 1,108 | $ | - |  | $ | (1,732) |  | $ | 17 |  | $ | 2,632 |
December 31, 2013 |  | 2,632 |  |  | 1,601 |  | - |  |  | (762) |  |  | 62 |  |  | 3,533 |
December 31, 2014 |  | 3,533 |  |  | 2,035 |  | - |  |  | (1,146) |  |  | (116) |  |  | 4,306 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2012 | $ | 4,614 |  | $ | 265 | $ | - |  | $ | (358) |  | $ | 26 |  | $ | 4,547 |
December 31, 2013 |  | 4,547 |  |  | 735 |  | 742 |  |  | (701) |  |  | (122) |  |  | 5,201 |
December 31, 2014 |  | 5,201 |  |  | 799 |  | - |  |  | (1,042) |  |  | (280) |  |  | 4,678 |
1 Amount relates to net operating losses obtained through acquisitions where uncertainty exists as to our ability to use the tax attribute.

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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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