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Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Universal Corporation Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Net Additions (Reversals) Charged to Expense |  | Additions Charged to Other Accounts |  | Deductions (1) |  | Balance at End of Year
(in thousands of dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts receivable) |  | $ | 6,536 |  |  | $ | 1,341 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,395 | ) |  | $ | 5,482 |
Allowance for supplier accounts (deducted from advances to suppliers and other noncurrent assets) |  | 46,078 |  |  | 3,734 |  |  | — |  |  | (15,139 | ) |  | 34,673 |
Allowance for recoverable taxes (deducted from other current assets and other noncurrent assets) |  | 29,504 |  |  | 1,855 |  |  | — |  |  | (8,141 | ) |  | 23,218 |
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts receivable) |  | $ | 5,482 |  |  | $ | 6,970 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3,353 | ) |  | $ | 9,099 |
Allowance for supplier accounts (deducted from advances to suppliers and other noncurrent assets) |  | 34,673 |  |  | 815 |  |  | — |  |  | (6,623 | ) |  | 28,865 |
Allowance for recoverable taxes (deducted from other current assets and other noncurrent assets) |  | 23,218 |  |  | 1,755 |  |  | — |  |  | (6,221 | ) |  | 18,752 |
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts (deducted from accounts receivable) |  | $ | 9,099 |  |  | $ | (5,071 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (81 | ) |  | $ | 3,947 |
Allowance for supplier accounts (deducted from advances to suppliers and other noncurrent assets) |  | 28,865 |  |  | (857 | ) |  | — |  |  | (934 | ) |  | 27,074 |
Allowance for recoverable taxes (deducted from other current assets and other noncurrent assets) |  | 18,752 |  |  | (3,392 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,808 | ) |  | 12,552 |
(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 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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