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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | Schedule II Newell Brands Inc. and Subsidiaries Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
(in millions) |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Provision |  |  | Other |  |  | Write-offs |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Reserve for Doubtful Accounts and Cash Discounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 38.5 |  |  | $ | 132.0 |  |  | $ | 2.9 |  |  | $ | (111.6 | ) |  | $ | 61.8 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016 |  |  | 22.0 |  |  |  | 125.9 |  |  |  | (1.7 | ) |  |  | (107.7 | ) |  |  | 38.5 |
Year Ended December 31, 2015 |  |  | 25.3 |  |  |  | 41.4 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | (44.9 | ) |  |  | 22.0 |
(in millions) |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Provision |  |  | Other |  |  | Write-offs/ Dispositions |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Inventory Reserves (including excess, obsolescence and shrink reserves): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 45.9 |  |  | $ | 19.1 |  |  | $ | 5.0 |  |  | $ | (18.5 | ) |  | $ | 51.5 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016 |  |  | 32.9 |  |  |  | 33.0 |  |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | (19.8 | ) |  |  | 45.9 |
Year Ended December 31, 2015 |  |  | 32.6 |  |  |  | 23.3 |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | (23.5 | ) |  |  | 32.9 |

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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 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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