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Reserves for Discounts and Allowances | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Reserves for Discounts and Allowances [Abstract] |
Reserves for discounts and allowances | Reserves for Discounts and Allowances An analysis of the change in reserves for discounts and allowances is summarized as follows:
(In millions) | Discounts |  | Contractual Adjustments |  | Returns |  | Total
Balance, as of December 31, 2013 | $ | 47.0 |  |  | $ | 335.6 |  |  | $ | 33.7 |  |  | $ | 416.3 |
Current provisions relating to sales in current year | 161.2 |  |  | 577.3 |  |  | 14.7 |  |  | 753.2 |
Adjustments relating to prior years | (0.4 | ) |  | 7.6 |  |  | 5.4 |  |  | 12.6 |
Payments/returns relating to sales in current year | (111.5 | ) |  | (330.3 | ) |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (441.9 | )
Payments/returns relating to sales in prior years | (44.5 | ) |  | (200.8 | ) |  | (20.4 | ) |  | (265.7 | )
Balance, as of June 30, 2014 | $ | 51.8 |  |  | $ | 389.4 |  |  | $ | 33.3 |  |  | $ | 474.5 |
The total reserves above, included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, are summarized as follows:
(In millions) | As of June 30, 2014 |  | As of December 31, 2013
Reduction of accounts receivable | $ | 153.4 |  |  | $ | 151.4 |
Component of accrued expenses and other | 321.1 |  |  | 264.9 |
Total reserves | $ | 474.5 |  |  | $ | 416.3 |

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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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