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SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS |
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS |
SCHEDULE II Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. and Subsidiaries VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009
|  |  |  | Column C |  |  |  |  |
Column A |  | Column B |  | Additions |  | Column D |  | Column E |
|  |  |  | Charged |  | Charged |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance at |  | to Costs |  | to Other |  |  |  | Balance |
(in thousands) |  | Beginning |  | and |  | Accounts — |  |  |  | at End |
Classification |  | of Year |  | Expenses |  | Write-offs |  | Deductions |  | of Year |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 1,344 |  | $ | 67 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 420 |  | $ | 991 |
Allowance for sales discounts |  | 1,181 |  | 50 |  | — |  | — |  | 1,231 |
Allowance for deferred tax assets |  | 7,167 |  | 1,081 |  | — |  | 1,970 |  | 6,279 |
Year Ended December 31, 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | 4,667 |  | (81 | ) | — |  | 3,242 |  | 1,344 |
Allowance for sales discounts |  | 1,908 |  | 794 |  | — |  | 1,521 |  | 1,181 |
Allowance for deferred tax assets |  | 4,888 |  | 3,344 |  | — |  | 1,065 |  | 7,167 |
Year Ended December 31, 2009 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | 4,368 |  | 666 |  | — |  | 367 |  | 4,667 |
Allowance for sales discounts |  | 1,556 |  | 1,623 |  | — |  | 1,271 |  | 1,908 |
Allowance for deferred tax assets |  | 2,376 |  | 2,685 |  | — |  | 173 |  | 4,888 |

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