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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves Years Ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
|  | Balance |  |  | Charged |  |  |  |  |  |  | Foreign |  |  |  |  |
|  | at |  |  | to |  |  |  |  |  |  | Currency |  |  |  |  |
|  | Beginning |  |  | Costs and |  |  |  |  |  |  | Translation |  |  | Balance at |
Description |  | of Year |  |  | Expenses |  |  | Deductions |  |  | and Other |  |  | End of Year |
(in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 24.9 |  |  | $ | 4.3 |  |  | $ | (8.5 | ) | (1) | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 20.3 |
Inventory obsolescence reserve |  | $ | 21.9 |  |  | $ | 6.4 |  |  | $ | (1.5 | ) | (2) | $ | (1.9 | ) |  | $ | 24.9 |
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets |  | $ | 257.4 |  |  | $ | (36.1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3.2 | ) |  | $ | 218.1 |
Year ended December 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 28.8 |  |  | $ | 3.8 |  |  | $ | (4.2 | ) | (1) | $ | (3.5 | ) |  | $ | 24.9 |
Inventory obsolescence reserve |  | $ | 29.0 |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | (4.5 | ) | (2) | $ | (2.4 | ) |  | $ | 21.9 |
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets |  | $ | 227.8 |  |  | $ | (58.2 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 87.8 |  | (3) | $ | 257.4 |
Year ended December 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 31.4 |  |  | $ | 8.0 |  |  | $ | (7.2 | ) | (1) | $ | (3.4 | ) |  | $ | 28.8 |
Inventory obsolescence reserve |  | $ | 24.6 |  |  | $ | 9.2 |  |  | $ | (1.6 | ) | (2) | $ | (3.2 | ) |  | $ | 29.0 |
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets |  | $ | 240.0 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (13.2 | ) |  | $ | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 227.8 |
(1) | Primarily accounts receivable balances written off, net of recoveries.
(2) | Primarily items removed from inventory.
(3) | Includes an in-country foreign impairment not recorded for U.S. GAAP.

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