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Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts |
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts |
Schedule II VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Dollars in thousands)
|  | Balance at beginning of period |  | Delta Acquisition |  | Charged to profit and loss |  | Deductions from reserves* |  | Balance at close of period |
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Fifty-three weeks ended December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve deducted in balance sheet from the asset to which it applies— |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful receivables |  | $ | 8,406 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,627 |  | $ | (2,478 | ) | $ | 7,555 |
Allowance for deferred income tax asset valuation |  |  | 208,130 |  |  | — |  |  | (84,608 | ) |  | — |  |  | 123,522 |
Fifty-two weeks ended December 25, 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve deducted in balance sheet from the asset to which it applies— |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful receivables |  | $ | 5,905 |  |  | 3,124 |  |  | 939 |  |  | (1,562 | ) | $ | 8,406 |
Allowance for deferred income tax asset valuation |  |  | 4,529 |  |  | 204,470 |  |  | (869 | ) |  | — |  |  | 208,130 |
Fifty-two weeks ended December 26, 2009 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve deducted in balance sheet from the asset to which it applies— |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful receivables |  | $ | 5,269 |  |  | — |  |  | 932 |  |  | (296 | ) | $ | 5,905 |
Allowance for deferred income tax asset valuation |  |  | 8,753 |  |  | — |  |  | (4,224 | ) |  | — |  |  | 4,529 |
* The deductions from reserves are 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 SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: 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=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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