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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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, 2017, 2016, AND 2015 (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, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |  | $ | 205 |  |  | $ | 556 |  |  | $ | (366 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 395 |
Allowance for sales returns |  | 156 |  |  | 1,746 |  |  | (1,644 | ) |  | — |  |  | 12 |  |  | 270 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | 11,250 |  |  | 13,786 |  |  | — |  |  | (865 | ) |  | (147 | ) |  | 24,024 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |  | $ | 190 |  |  | $ | 305 |  |  | $ | (290 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 205 |
Allowance for sales returns |  | 94 |  |  | 1,435 |  |  | (1,368 | ) |  | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 156 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | 6,565 |  |  | 5,638 |  |  | (493 | ) |  | — |  |  | (460 | ) |  | 11,250 |
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 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | 13,169 |  |  | (6,088 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (516 | ) |  | 6,565 |

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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 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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