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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | Schedule II CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC. CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Tenant receivables - allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 1,977 |  |  | $ | 1,760 |  |  | $ | 3,167 |
Additions in allowance charged to expense | 1,253 |  |  | 798 |  |  | 1,670 |
Transfer to other receivables - allowance | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,400 | )
Bad debts charged against allowance | (851 | ) |  | (581 | ) |  | (1,677 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 2,379 |  |  | $ | 1,977 |  |  | $ | 1,760 |
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Other receivables - allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 1,270 |  |  | $ | 1,400 |  |  | $ | — |
Additions in allowance charged to expense | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Transfer from tenant receivables - allowance | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,400 |
Bad debts charged against allowance | (29 | ) |  | (130 | ) |  | — |
Balance, end of year | $ | 1,241 |  |  | $ | 1,270 |  |  | $ | 1,400 |

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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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