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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | NATURE’S SUNSHINE PRODUCTS, INC. SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015, 2014, AND 2013 (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, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |  | $ | 849 |  |  | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | (714 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (28 | ) |  | $ | 190 |
Allowance for sales returns |  | 129 |  |  | 1,126 |  |  | (1,155 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6 | ) |  | 94 |
Allowance for obsolete inventory |  | 2,188 |  |  | 885 |  |  | (962 | ) |  | — |  |  | (29 | ) |  | 2,082 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | 13,169 |  |  | (6,088 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (516 | ) |  | 6,565 |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |  | $ | 1,087 |  |  | $ | (121 | ) |  | $ | (75 | ) |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | (46 | ) |  | $ | 849 |
Allowance for sales returns |  | 135 |  |  | 1,527 |  |  | (1,525 | ) |  | — |  |  | (8 | ) |  | 129 |
Allowance for obsolete inventory |  | 2,407 |  |  | 1,503 |  |  | (1,666 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | (57 | ) |  | 2,188 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | 11,340 |  |  | 1,829 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 13,169 |
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 |

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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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