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Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Universal Corporation Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Net Additions (Reversals) Charged to Expense |  | Additions Charged to Other Accounts |  | Deductions (1) |  | Balance at End of Period
(in thousands of dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts receivable) |  | $ | 5,603 |  |  | $ | 4,244 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,540 | ) |  | $ | 8,307 |
Allowance for supplier accounts (deducted from advances to suppliers and other noncurrent assets) |  | 74,938 |  |  | 11,929 |  |  | — |  |  | (12,485 | ) |  | 74,382 |
Allowance for recoverable taxes (deducted from other current assets and other noncurrent assets) |  | 22,126 |  |  | 2,564 |  |  | — |  |  | 29 |  |  | 24,719 |
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts receivable) |  | $ | 8,307 |  |  | $ | 1,788 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,127 | ) |  | $ | 7,968 |
Allowance for supplier accounts (deducted from advances to suppliers and other noncurrent assets) |  | 74,382 |  |  | 1,623 |  |  | — |  |  | (21,612 | ) |  | 54,393 |
Allowance for recoverable taxes (deducted from other current assets and other noncurrent assets) |  | 24,719 |  |  | 4,005 |  |  | — |  |  | (2,680 | ) |  | 26,044 |
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts receivable) |  | $ | 7,968 |  |  | $ | 419 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,851 | ) |  | $ | 6,536 |
Allowance for supplier accounts (deducted from advances to suppliers and other noncurrent assets) |  | 54,393 |  |  | 5,461 |  |  | — |  |  | (13,776 | ) |  | 46,078 |
Allowance for recoverable taxes (deducted from other current assets and other noncurrent assets) |  | 26,044 |  |  | 5,607 |  |  | — |  |  | (2,147 | ) |  | 29,504 |
(1) | Includes direct write-offs of assets and currency remeasurement.

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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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