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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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, 2013, 2012, AND 2011 (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, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |  | $ | 631 |  | $ | 535 |  | $ | (18 | ) | $ | 1 |  | $ | (62 | ) | $ | 1,087 |
Allowance for sales returns |  | 154 |  | 1,435 |  | (1,454 | ) | — |  | — |  | 135 |
Allowance for obsolete inventory |  | 2,254 |  | 1,600 |  | (1,577 | ) | 41 |  | 89 |  | 2,407 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | 8,149 |  | 3,191 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 11,340 |
Year ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |  | $ | 647 |  | $ | 45 |  | $ | (86 | ) | $ | (1 | ) | $ | 26 |  | $ | 631 |
Allowance for sales returns |  | 109 |  | 2,296 |  | (2,249 | ) | — |  | (2 | ) | 154 |
Allowance for obsolete inventory |  | 2,083 |  | 985 |  | (809 | ) | — |  | (5 | ) | 2,254 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | 9,836 |  | (1,687 | ) | — |  | — |  | — |  | 8,149 |
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 |

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