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Schedule II | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
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(1) | Charges to Other Accounts | Write-offs(2) | Balance at End of Period
Reserve for Doubtful Accounts and Cash Discounts: |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2015 | $ | 25.3 |  | $ | 41.4 |  | $ | 0.2 |  | $ | (44.9 | ) | $ | 22.0 |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 | 38.0 |  | 49.2 |  | (1.6 | ) | (60.3 | ) | 25.3 |
Year Ended December 31, 2013 | 39.8 |  | 69.8 |  | 0.2 |  | (71.8 | ) | 38.0 |
(1) | The provision amounts include accounts receivable reserve charges included in discontinued operations of $0.6 and $3.1 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
(2) | Represents accounts written off during the year and cash discounts taken by customers.
(in millions) | Balance at Beginning of Period | Net Provision(1) | Other | Write-offs/ Dispositions | Balance at End of Period
Inventory Reserves (including excess, obsolescence and shrink reserves): |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2015 | $ | 32.6 |  | $ | 23.3 |  | $ | 0.5 |  | $ | (23.5 | ) | $ | 32.9 |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 | 37.8 |  | 24.1 |  | (1.6 | ) | (27.7 | ) | 32.6 |
Year Ended December 31, 2013 | 56.9 |  | 23.5 |  | (0.3 | ) | (42.3 | ) | 37.8 |
(1) | The net provision amounts include inventory reserve (benefits) charges included in discontinued operations of $(0.1) and $3.9 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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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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