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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure | CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Dollars in thousands)
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| Balance at beginning of period |  | Charged to costs and expenses |  | Charged to other accounts |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Translations |  | Balance at end of period
Year Ended December 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 4,080 |  |  | $ | 2,447 |  |  | $ | 199 |  | (1) |  | $ | (1,149 | ) | (2) |  | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 5,654 |
Allowance for obsolete and excess inventory | 4,078 |  |  | 2,010 |  |  | 675 |  | (1) |  | (313 | ) | (3) |  | 106 |  |  | 6,556 |
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance | 1,766 |  |  | 339 |  |  | — |  |  |  | (879 | ) | (4) |  | 24 |  |  | 1,250 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 2,360 |  |  | $ | 3,067 |  |  | $ | 930 |  | (1) |  | $ | (2,289 | ) | (2) |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 4,080 |
Allowance for obsolete and excess inventory | 3,191 |  |  | 2,507 |  |  | 1,085 |  | (1) |  | (2,732 | ) | (3) |  | 27 |  |  | 4,078 |
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance | 1,869 |  |  | 1,251 |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,362 | ) | (4) |  | 8 |  |  | 1,766 |
Year Ended December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 3,008 |  |  | $ | 4,205 |  |  | $ | 52 |  | (1) |  | $ | (4,919 | ) | (2) |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 2,360 |
Allowance for obsolete and excess inventory | 3,181 |  |  | 3,331 |  |  | — |  |  |  | (3,398 | ) | (3) |  | 77 |  |  | 3,191 |
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance | 758 |  |  | 1,111 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | 1,869 |
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(1) | Reserves at date of acquisition of subsidiary or subsidiaries.
(2) | Reversal of amounts previously recorded as bad debt and uncollectible accounts written off.
(3) | Inventory items written off against the allowance.
(4) | Deductions to the deferred tax assets valuation allowance relate to decreased deferred tax assets and the release of the valuation allowance.

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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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