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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | Schedule II INTER PARFUMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (In thousands)
Column A |  | Column B |  |  | Column C |  |  | Column D |  |  | Column E |
|  |  |  |  | Additions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | (1) |  |  | (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Charged to |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance at |  |  | Charged to |  |  | other |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | beginning of |  |  | costs and |  |  | accounts – |  |  | Deductions – |  |  | Balance at |
Description |  | period |  |  | expenses |  |  | describe |  |  | describe |  |  | end of period |
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 4,367 |  |  |  | 2,838 |  |  |  | (211 | )(d) |  |  | 1,674 | (a) |  |  | 5,320 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 |  | $ | 2,096 |  |  |  | 3,147 |  |  |  | (106 | )(d) |  |  | 770 | (a) |  |  | 4,367 |
Year ended December 31, 2009 |  | $ | 1,185 |  |  |  | 1,295 |  |  |  | 57 | (d) |  |  | 441 | (a) |  |  | 2,096 |
Sales return accrual: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 1,560 |  |  |  | 4,129 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,517 | (b) |  |  | 4,172 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 |  | $ | 296 |  |  |  | 1,496 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 232 | (b) |  |  | 1,560 |
Year ended December 31, 2009 |  | $ | 118 |  |  |  | 385 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 207 | (b) |  |  | 296 |
Inventory Reserve: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 6,242 |  |  |  | 3,880 |  |  |  | (272 | )(d) |  |  | 2,390 | (c) |  |  | 7,460 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 |  | $ | 7,150 |  |  |  | 1,766 |  |  |  | (405 | )(d) |  |  | 2,269 | (c) |  |  | 6,242 |
Year ended December 31, 2009 |  | $ | 7,394 |  |  |  | 2,237 |  |  |  | 195 | (d) |  |  | 2,676 | (c) |  |  | 7,150 |
| (a) | Write-off of bad debts.
| (b) | Write-off of sales returns.
| (c) | Disposal of inventory
| (d) | Foreign currency translation adjustment
See accompanying reports of independent registered public accounting firms

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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 SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: 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=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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