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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | SCHEDULE II NOVATEL WIRELESS, INC. Valuation and Qualifying Accounts For the Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):
| Balance At Beginning of Year |  | Additions Charged to Operations |  | Deductions From Reserves |  | Balance At End of Year
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2014 | $ | 2,449 |  |  | $ | 86 |  |  | $ | 2,318 |  |  | $ | 217 |
December 31, 2013 | 627 |  |  | 1,936 |  |  | 114 |  |  | 2,449 |
December 31, 2012 | 245 |  |  | 439 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 627 |
Warranty: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2014 | 2,244 |  |  | 1,345 |  |  | 2,393 |  |  | 1,196 |
December 31, 2013 | 2,329 |  |  | 5,055 |  |  | 5,140 |  |  | 2,244 |
December 31, 2012 | 1,525 |  |  | 6,261 |  |  | 5,457 |  |  | 2,329 |
Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2014 | 79,458 |  |  | 11,316 |  |  | — |  |  | 90,774 |
December 31, 2013 | 63,881 |  |  | 15,577 |  |  | — |  |  | 79,458 |
December 31, 2012 | 36,395 |  |  | 27,486 |  |  | — |  |  | 63,881 |
Sales Returns and Allowances: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2014 | 727 |  |  | — |  |  | 572 |  |  | 155 |
December 31, 2013 | 911 |  |  | 196 |  |  | 380 |  |  | 727 |
December 31, 2012 | 545 |  |  | 497 |  |  | 131 |  |  | 911 |

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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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