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Schedule II | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
SCHEDULE II [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] | Newell Rubbermaid Inc. and subsidiaries Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
(in millions) | Balance at Beginning of Period | Provision | Charges to Other Accounts | Write-offs (1) | Balance at End of Period
Reserve for Doubtful Accounts and Cash Discounts: |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2011 | $ | 43.0 |  | $ | 63.7 |  | $ | (0.3 | ) | $ | (70.4 | ) | $ | 36.0 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 | 42.2 |  | 70.4 |  | (1.0 | ) | (68.6 | ) | 43.0 |
Year ended December 31, 2009 | 40.6 |  | 70.1 |  | 0.9 |  | (69.4 | ) | 42.2 |
(1) Represents accounts written off during the year and cash discounts taken by customers.
(in millions) | Balance at Beginning of Period | Net Provision | Other | Write-offs/ Dispositions | Balance at End of Period
Inventory Reserves (including excess, obsolescence and shrink reserves): |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2011 | $ | 70.7 |  | $ | 26.9 |  | $ | (0.4 | ) | $ | (37.9 | ) | $ | 59.3 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 | 102.1 |  | 18.4 |  | (0.9 | ) | (48.9 | ) | 70.7 |
Year ended December 31, 2009 | 101.9 |  | 57.0 |  | 1.6 |  | (58.4 | ) | 102.1 |

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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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