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Schedule II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | Schedule II CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC. CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Tenant receivables - allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 1,910 |  |  | $ | 1,923 |  |  | $ | 2,368 |
Additions in allowance charged to expense | 3,782 |  |  | 4,058 |  |  | 2,254 |
Bad debts charged against allowance | (3,681 | ) |  | (4,071 | ) |  | (2,699 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 2,011 |  |  | $ | 1,910 |  |  | $ | 1,923 |
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Other receivables - allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 838 |  |  | $ | 1,276 |  |  | $ | 1,285 |
Additions in allowance charged to expense | — |  |  | — |  |  | 277 |
Bad debts charged against allowance | — |  |  | (438 | ) |  | (286 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 838 |  |  | $ | 838 |  |  | $ | 1,276 |

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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 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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