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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Allowances | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Allowances | SCHEDULE II MATTEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND ALLOWANCES
|  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Additions Charged to Operations |  |  | Net Deductions and Other |  |  | Balance at End of Year |
|  | (In thousands) |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 20,416 |  |  | $ | 11,507 |  |  | $ | (5,640 | )(a) |  | $ | 26,283 |
Year ended December 31, 2013 |  |  | 33,499 |  |  |  | 4,471 |  |  |  | (17,554 | )(a) |  |  | 20,416 |
Year ended December 31, 2012 |  |  | 26,331 |  |  |  | 15,395 | (d) |  |  | (8,227 | )(a) |  |  | 33,499 |
Allowance for Inventory Obsolescence: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 49,113 |  |  | $ | 39,235 |  |  | $ | (41,449 | )(b) |  | $ | 46,899 |
Year ended December 31, 2013 |  |  | 46,585 |  |  |  | 35,027 |  |  |  | (32,499 | )(b) |  |  | 49,113 |
Year ended December 31, 2012 |  |  | 39,247 |  |  |  | 36,209 |  |  |  | (28,871 | )(b) |  |  | 46,585 |
Income Tax Valuation Allowances: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 64,641 |  |  | $ | 73,497 | (e) |  | $ | (4,841 | )(c) |  | $ | 133,297 |
Year ended December 31, 2013 |  |  | 67,705 |  |  |  | 6,564 |  |  |  | (9,628 | )(c) |  |  | 64,641 |
Year ended December 31, 2012 |  |  | 42,286 |  |  |  | 38,740 |  |  |  | (13,321 | )(c) |  |  | 67,705 |
(a) | Includes write-offs, recoveries of previous write-offs, and currency translation adjustments.
(b) | Primarily relates to the disposal of related inventory and raw materials and currency translation adjustments.
(c) | Primarily represents projected utilization and write-offs of loss carryforwards for 2014; projected utilization and write-offs of loss carryforwards and changes in tax rates for 2013; and projected utilization and write-offs of loss carryforwards for 2012.
(d) | Includes an allowance for doubtful accounts of $12.8 million related to a transaction that was not recognized in the statement of operations as the transaction did not meet the relevant revenue recognition criteria.
(e) | Includes income tax valuation allowances of $70.9 million related to the acquisition of MEGA Brands that were not recognized in the statement of operations as the amounts were reflected in the net assets acquired from MEGA Brands.

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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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