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SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS |
SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS DXP ENTERPRISES, INC. Years Ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands)
Description | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Charged to Cost and Expenses |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  | Deductions |  | Balance At End of Year
Year ended December 31, 2011 Deducted from assets accounts Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ 3,540 |  | $ 3,101 |  | $ 193 |  | $ 632(1) |  | $ 6,202
Year ended December 31, 2010 Deducted from assets accounts Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ 3,006 |  | $ 679 |  | $ - |  | $ 145(1) |  | $ 3,540
Year ended December 31, 2009 Deducted from assets accounts Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ 3,494 |  | $ 675 |  | $ - |  | $ 1,163(1) |  | $ 3,006
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets | $ 16 |  | $ - |  | $ - |  | $ (16) (2) |  | -
(1) Uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.
(2) Reduction results from expiration or use of state net operating loss carryforwards.

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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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