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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure | SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (Millions of dollars)
COL. A |  | COL. B |  | COL. C |  | COL. D |  | COL. E
|  |  |  | ADDITIONS |  |  |  |
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | (1) Charged to Costs and Expenses | (2) Acquisition Impact | (3) Charged to Other Accounts / Other |  | Deductions —Describe (A) |  | Balance at End of Period
Year Ended December 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts— accounts receivable |  | 73 |  |  | 76 |  | 45 |  | — |  |  | (40 | ) |  | 154 |
Year Ended December 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts— accounts receivable |  | 60 |  |  | 21 |  | — |  | — |  |  | (8 | ) |  | 73 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts— accounts receivable |  | 61 |  |  | 23 |  | — |  | — |  |  | (24 | ) |  | 60 |
Note A—The amounts represent accounts charged off, less translation adjustments and transfers. Recoveries were nominal for 2014, 2013 and 2012.

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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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