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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS |
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | ECHOSTAR CORPORATION SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS Our valuation and qualifying accounts as of December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Deductions |  | Balance at End of Year |
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|  | (In thousands) |
For the years ended: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 16,894 |  | $ | 35,311 |  | $ | (38,968 | ) | $ | 13,237 |
December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 18,484 |  | $ | 27,099 |  | $ | (28,689 | ) | $ | 16,894 |
December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 7,644 |  | $ | 18,779 |  | $ | (7,939 | ) | $ | 18,484 |

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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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