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SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES |
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES | SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES ARKANSAS BEST CORPORATION
Column A |  | Column B |  | Column C |  | Column D |  | Column E |  | Column F |
|  |  |  | Additions |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance at |  | Charged to |  | Charged to |  |  |  |  |
|  | Beginning |  | Costs and |  | Other Accounts – |  | Deductions – |  | Balance at |
Description |  | of Period |  | Expenses |  | Describe |  | Describe |  | End of Period |
|  | (in thousands) |
Year Ended December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and revenue adjustments |  | $ | 5,957 |  | $ | 1,524 |  | $ | 26 |  | $ | 2,258(b) |  | $ | 5,249 |
Allowance for other accounts receivable |  | $ | 1,226 |  | $ | 108(c) |  | $ | – |  | $ | – |  | $ | 1,334 |
Allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | 5,644 |  | $ | 791 |  | $ | 47 |  | $ | 3,971(f) |  | $ | 2,511 |
Year Ended December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and revenue adjustments |  | $ | 3,944 |  | $ | 2,394 |  | $ | 2,667(a) |  | $ | 3,048(b) |  | $ | 5,957 |
Allowance for other accounts receivable |  | $ | 1,254 |  | $ | (28)(c) |  | $ | – |  | $ | – |  | $ | 1,226 |
Allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | 2,455 |  | $ | 214 |  | $ | 3,971(d) |  | $ | 996(e) |  | $ | 5,644 |
Year Ended December 31, 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and revenue adjustments |  | $ | 3,470 |  | $ | 868 |  | $ | 1,640(a) |  | $ | 2,034(b) |  | $ | 3,944 |
Allowance for other accounts receivable |  | $ | 1,149 |  | $ | 105(c) |  | $ | – |  | $ | – |  | $ | 1,254 |
Allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | 3,013 |  | $ | 1,217 |  | $ | – |  | $ | 1,775(e) |  | $ | 2,455 |
Note a | – | Addition to the allowance due to recoveries of amounts previously written off and adjustment of revenue.
Note b | – | Uncollectible accounts written off.
Note c | – | Charged / (credited) to workers’ compensation expense.
Note d | – | Increase in allowance related to the nonunion defined benefit pension plan was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss (see Note F to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K).
Note e | – | Decrease in allowance due to a combination of changes in expectation of increased realization of state net operating losses and expiration of fully reserved state net operating losses.
Note f | – | Decrease in allowance due to change in expectation of realization of deferred tax assets primarily due to deferred tax liabilities established in conjunction with the Panther Expedited Services, Inc. purchase transaction (see Note F to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K).

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