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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
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Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  |  | Deductions & Write-offs |  |  | Balance at End of Year |
|  | (in thousands) |
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |
Years ended December 31, |  |  |  |
2015 |  | $ | 2,250 |  |  | $ | (255 | ) |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | (256 | ) |  | $ | 1,760 |
2014 |  | $ | 1,924 |  |  | $ | 668 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | (354 | ) |  | $ | 2,250 |
2013 |  | $ | 2,078 |  |  | $ | 631 |  |  | $ | (62 | ) |  | $ | (723 | ) |  | $ | 1,924 |
|  |  |  |  | Additions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  |  | Deductions & Write-offs |  |  | Balance at End of Year |
|  | (in thousands) |
Allowance for sales returns: |  |  |  |
Years ended December 31, |  |  |  |
2015 |  | $ | 730 |  |  | $ | 2,500 |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (2,626 | ) |  | $ | 601 |
2014 |  | $ | 827 |  |  | $ | 2,223 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,320 | ) |  | $ | 730 |
2013 |  | $ | 801 |  |  | $ | 1,933 |  |  | $ | (36 | ) |  | $ | (1,871 | ) |  | $ | 827 |
|  |  |  |  | Additions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Balance at End of Year |
|  | (in thousands) |
Valuation allowance on deferred tax asset: |  |  |  |
Years ended December 31, |  |  |  |
2015 |  | $ | 26,763 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | (20,749 | ) |  | $ | 6,127 |
2014 |  | $ | 27,102 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (339 | ) |  | $ | 26,763 |
2013 |  | $ | 27,497 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (395 | ) |  | $ | 27,102 |

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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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