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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II | BRUNSWICK CORPORATION SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (in millions)
Allowances for Losses on Receivables |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Charges to Profit and Loss |  | Write-offs |  | Recoveries |  | Other |  | Balance at End of Year
2015 |  | $ | 16.3 |  |  | $ | 3.8 |  |  | $ | (4.7 | ) |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | (1.9 | ) |  | $ | 13.8 |
2014 |  | $ | 16.8 |  |  | $ | 0.0 |  |  | $ | (4.8 | ) |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 4.0 |  |  | $ | 16.3 |
2013 |  | $ | 21.6 |  |  | $ | 2.7 |  |  | $ | (6.5 | ) |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | (1.6 | ) |  | $ | 16.8 |
Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Charges to Profit and Loss(A) |  | Write-offs |  | Recoveries |  | Other(A) |  | Balance at End of Year
2015 |  | $ | 69.0 |  |  | $ | 5.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3.7 | ) |  | $ | 70.6 |
2014 |  | $ | 88.2 |  |  | $ | (7.6 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (11.6 | ) |  | $ | 69.0 |
2013 |  | $ | 717.5 |  |  | $ | (595.2 | ) |  | $ | (15.8 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (18.3 | ) |  | $ | 88.2 |
(A) For the year ended December 31, 2015, the deferred tax asset valuation allowance increased mainly as a result of additional tax losses being generated in foreign jurisdictions. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the deferred tax asset valuation allowance decreased mainly as a result of tax loss carryforwards being utilized. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the deferred tax asset valuation allowance decreased mainly as a result of the release of $599.5 million of the valuation allowance that, due to significant positive evidence, was no longer required.

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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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