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Reserves for Discounts and Allowances | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
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, 2014 | $ | 47.6 |  |  | $ | 387.1 |  |  | $ | 49.1 |  |  | $ | 483.8 |
Current provisions relating to sales in current year | 101.8 |  |  | 441.2 |  |  | 10.2 |  |  | 553.2 |
Adjustments relating to prior years | (2.4 | ) |  | (10.2 | ) |  | (5.9 | ) |  | (18.5 | )
Payments/credits relating to sales in current year | (50.3 | ) |  | (166.7 | ) |  | (0.7 | ) |  | (217.7 | )
Payments/credits relating to sales in prior years | (41.3 | ) |  | (170.7 | ) |  | (4.6 | ) |  | (216.6 | )
Balance, as of March 31, 2015 | $ | 55.4 |  |  | $ | 480.7 |  |  | $ | 48.1 |  |  | $ | 584.2 |
The total reserves above, included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, are summarized as follows:
(In millions) | As of March 31, 2015 |  | As of December 31, 2014
Reduction of accounts receivable | $ | 144.9 |  |  | $ | 124.6 |
Component of accrued expenses and other | 439.3 |  |  | 359.2 |
Total reserves | $ | 584.2 |  |  | $ | 483.8 |

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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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