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Schedule II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2012
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] |
REX AMERICAN RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Schedule II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2012, 2011 AND 2010
(Amounts in thousands)
|  |  |  | Additions |  | Deductions |  |  |
|  | Balance Beginning of Year |  | Charged to Cost and Expenses |  | Charges for Which Reserves Were Created |  | Balance End of Year |
2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 10 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 10 |  | $ | — |
2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 168 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 158 |  | $ | 10 |
2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 447 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 279 |  | $ | 168 |
2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax valuation allowance |  | $ | 1,242 |  | $ | 434 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,676 |
2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax valuation allowance |  | $ | 578 |  | $ | 664 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,242 |
2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax valuation allowance |  | $ | 578 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 578 |

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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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