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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES | SCHEDULE II DDR Corp. VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands)
|  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Charged to Expense |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Balance at End of Year |
Year ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for uncollectible accounts(A) |  | $ | 33,291 |  |  | $ | 12,290 | (B) |  | $ | 15,580 |  |  | $ | 30,001 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | 57,607 |  |  | $ | 23,857 | (C) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 81,464 |
Year ended December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for uncollectible accounts(A) |  | $ | 36,794 |  |  | $ | 14,631 | (B) |  | $ | 18,134 | (D) |  | $ | 33,291 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | 58,322 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 715 |  |  | $ | 57,607 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for uncollectible accounts(A) |  | $ | 43,763 |  |  | $ | 13,588 |  |  | $ | 20,557 |  |  | $ | 36,794 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 58,322 | (C) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 58,322 |
(A) | Includes allowances on accounts receivable, straight-line rents and notes receivable.
(B) | Includes loan loss reserves of $4.3 million and $5.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Excludes the impairment charge of $1.6 million on a construction loan advanced to a joint venture for the year ended December 31, 2011.
(C) | Valuation allowance as discussed further in Note 16.
(D) | Includes reversal of loan loss reserves as described in Note 4.

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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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