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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS |
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS |
NATURE’S SUNSHINE PRODUCTS, INC. SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011, 2010, AND 2009 (Amounts in thousands)
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Provisions |  | Amounts Written Off |  | Amounts Recovered |  | Effect of Currency Translation |  | Balance at End of Year |
Year ended December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |  | $ | 918 |  | $ | (133 | ) | $ | (174 | ) | $ | 12 |  | $ | 24 |  | $ | 647 |
Allowance for sales returns |  | 90 |  | 625 |  | (606 | ) | — |  | — |  | 109 |
Allowance for obsolete inventory |  | 2,397 |  | 732 |  | (1,057 | ) | 10 |  | 1 |  | 2,083 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | 12,282 |  | (2,390 | ) | (56 | ) | — |  | — |  | 9,836 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |  | $ | 1,840 |  | $ | 213 |  | $ | (1,148 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 13 |  | $ | 918 |
Allowance for sales returns |  | 55 |  | 640 |  | (605 | ) | — |  | — |  | 90 |
Allowance for obsolete inventory |  | 2,833 |  | 1,196 |  | (1,605 | ) | — |  | (27 | ) | 2,397 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | 18,662 |  | 302 |  | (6,706 | ) | — |  | 24 |  | 12,282 |
Year ended December 31, 2009 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |  | $ | 1,472 |  | $ | 219 |  | $ | (69 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 218 |  | $ | 1,840 |
Allowance for sales returns |  | 55 |  | 145 |  | (145 | ) | — |  | — |  | 55 |
Allowance for obsolete inventory |  | 3,286 |  | 1,062 |  | (1,524 | ) | — |  | 9 |  | 2,833 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | 13,986 |  | 5,870 |  | (1,234 | ) | — |  | — |  | 18,662 |

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