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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Column A |  | Column B |  |  | Column C |  |  | Column D |  |  | Column E |
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Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Charged to Other Accounts— Describe(A) |  |  | Deductions— Describe(B) |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Year ended March 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and cash discounts (deducted from related asset account) |  | $ | 27,276 |  |  | $ | 4,306 |  |  | $ | 484,451 |  |  | $ | 488,757 |  |  | $ | 27,276 |
Year ended March 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and cash discounts (deducted from related asset account) |  | $ | 37,276 |  |  | $ | 12,363 |  |  | $ | 541,556 |  |  | $ | 563,919 |  |  | $ | 27,276 |
(A) | Cash discounts allowed on sales and charged against revenue.
(B) | Accounts receivable written off and cash discounts allowed on sales.

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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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