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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (Dollars in thousands)
|  |  | Additions |  | Other Changes Increase (Decrease) |  |
Description | Balance at beginning of period |  | Charged to costs and expenses |  | Charged to other accounts |  | Cumulative translation adjustment |  | Other (1) |  | Balance at end of period
For the year ended December 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable | $ | 5,717 |  |  | $ | 1,871 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (389 | ) |  | $ | (1,702 | ) |  | $ | 5,497 |
For the year ended December 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable | $ | 5,869 |  |  | $ | 921 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (81 | ) |  | $ | (992 | ) |  | $ | 5,717 |
For the year ended December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable | $ | 5,934 |  |  | $ | 774 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 179 |  |  | $ | (1,018 | ) |  | $ | 5,869 |
______________________ (1) Uncollectible accounts written off, 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 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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