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Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Account | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] |
SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS Three Years Ended December 31, 2014
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged (Credited) to Costs and Expenses |  | Charged (Credited) to Other Accounts(1) |  | Write-Offs(2) |  | Balance at End of Period
|  | (In thousands)
Current provision: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 11,637 |  |  | $ | 7,376 |  |  | $ | 55,573 |  |  | $ | (66,040 | ) |  | $ | 8,546 |
Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 8,884 |  |  | $ | 7,874 |  |  | $ | 54,774 |  |  | $ | (59,895 | ) |  | $ | 11,637 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 9,172 |  |  | $ | 9,705 |  |  | $ | 38,123 |  |  | $ | (48,116 | ) |  | $ | 8,884 |
Due After One Year: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 10,986 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 273 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 11,259 |
Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 1,316 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9,670 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,986 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 1,665 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (350 | ) |  | $ | 1,316 |
Preneed Funeral and Preneed Cemetery |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset allowance for cancellation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 106,793 |  |  | $ | 2,950 |  |  | $ | (2,703 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 107,040 |
Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 83,642 |  |  | $ | 4,498 |  |  | $ | 18,653 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 106,793 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 78,564 |  |  | $ | 4,549 |  |  | $ | 529 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 83,642 |
Deferred Preneed Funeral and Cemetery |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue allowance for cancellation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  | $ | (149,288 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24,258 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (125,030 | )
Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  | $ | (131,320 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (17,968 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (149,288 | )
Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  | $ | (136,004 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,684 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (131,320 | )
Deferred tax valuation allowance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 114,719 |  |  | $ | 21,285 |  |  | $ | (1,803 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 134,201 |
Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 71,013 |  |  | $ | 6,213 |  |  | $ | 37,493 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 114,719 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 66,851 |  |  | $ | 3,713 |  |  | $ | 449 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 71,013 |
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(1) | Primarily relates to acquisitions and dispositions of operations.
(2) | Uncollected receivables written off, 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 -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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