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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 | MASCO CORPORATION SCHEDULE II. VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
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Column A |  | Column B |  | Column C |  |  |  | Column D |  |  |  | Column E |
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Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  |  |  | Deductions |  |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Allowances for doubtful accounts, deducted from accounts receivable in the balance sheet: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 |  | $ | 31 |  | $ | 8 |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  | $ | (12 | ) |  | (a | ) | $ | 27 |
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2012 |  | $ | 29 |  | $ | 13 |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  | $ | (11 | ) |  | (a | ) | $ | 31 |
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2011 |  | $ | 34 |  | $ | 12 |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  | $ | (17 | ) |  | (a | ) | $ | 29 |
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Valuation Allowance on deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 |  | $ | 787 |  | $ | (30 | ) | $ | (87 | ) |  | (b | ) | $ | — |  |  |  |  | $ | 670 |
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2012 |  | $ | 688 |  | $ | 113 |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | (b | ) | $ | — |  |  |  |  | $ | 787 |
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2011 |  | $ | 462 |  | $ | 178 |  | $ | 48 |  |  | (b | ) | $ | — |  |  |  |  | $ | 688 |
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(a) Deductions, representing uncollectible accounts written off, less recoveries of accounts written off in prior years. (b) Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets recorded primarily in other comprehensive income and paid in capital.

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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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