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Schedule V - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule V - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC. Schedule V Valuation and Qualifying Accounts For the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (in millions)
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Description | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Other |  | Deductions |  | Effect of Foreign Exchange Rates |  | Balance at End of Period
2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for losses on commercial mortgage and other loans | $ | 106 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |  | (1) | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 106 |
Valuation allowance on deferred tax asset | 163 |  |  | 66 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 45 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 214 |
| $ | 269 |  |  | $ | 66 |  |  | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 320 |
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for losses on commercial mortgage and other loans | $ | 112 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 7 |  | (1) | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 106 |
Valuation allowance on deferred tax asset | 133 |  |  | 68 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 36 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 163 |
| $ | 245 |  |  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 269 |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for losses on commercial mortgage and other loans | $ | 119 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 7 |  | (1) | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 112 |
Valuation allowance on deferred tax asset | 277 |  |  | 38 |  |  | (3 | ) |  | 178 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 133 |
| $ | 396 |  |  | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | 185 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 245 |
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(1) | Represents net release of allowance for losses and charge-offs, net of recoveries.

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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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