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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure | CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC. SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (in thousands)
Description | Balance at beginning of year |  | Charged to costs and expenses |  | Deduction |  | Balance at end of year
Year ended December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for bad debts, current portion | $ | 979 |  |  | $ | 1,226 |  |  | $ | 1,277 |  |  | $ | 928 |
Allowance for preneed bad debts, contract cancellations and receivables from preneed trusts, non-current portion | $ | 1,236 |  |  | $ | 2,335 |  |  | $ | 1,843 |  |  | $ | 1,728 |
Employee severance accruals | $ | 237 |  |  | $ | 1,935 |  |  | $ | 2,015 |  |  | $ | 157 |
Litigation reserves | $ | 1,053 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 1,026 |
Valuation allowance of the deferred tax asset | $ | 1,545 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 210 |  |  | $ | 1,335 |
Year ended December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for bad debts, current portion | $ | 928 |  |  | $ | 1,614 |  |  | $ | 1,365 |  |  | $ | 1,177 |
Allowance for receivables from preneed funeral and cemetery trusts and contract cancellations, non-current portion | $ | 1,728 |  |  | $ | 903 |  |  | $ | 572 |  |  | $ | 2,059 |
Employee severance accruals | $ | 157 |  |  | $ | 486 |  |  | $ | 485 |  |  | $ | 158 |
Litigation reserves | $ | 1,026 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 918 |  |  | $ | 108 |
Valuation allowance of the deferred tax asset | $ | 1,335 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,018 |  |  | $ | 317 |
Year ended December 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for bad debts, current portion | $ | 1,177 |  |  | $ | 1,225 |  |  | $ | 1,555 |  |  | $ | 847 |
Allowance for receivables from preneed funeral and cemetery trusts and contract cancellations, non-current portion | $ | 2,059 |  |  | $ | 768 |  |  | $ | 1,002 |  |  | $ | 1,825 |
Employee severance accruals | $ | 158 |  |  | $ | 755 |  |  | $ | 664 |  |  | $ | 249 |
Litigation reserves | $ | 108 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 17 |
Valuation allowance of the deferred tax asset | $ | 317 |  |  | $ | 227 |  |  | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 468 |

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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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