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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying accounts | The Eastern Company and Subsidiaries Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying accounts
COL. A |  | COL. B |  |  | COL. C |  | COL. D |  |  | COL. E |
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Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | (1) Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | (2) Charged to Other Accounts-Describe |  | Deductions – Describe |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Fiscal year ended January 3, 2015: Deducted from asset accounts: Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 410,000 |  |  | $ | 71,927 |  |  |  | $ | 67,927 | (a) |  | $ | 414,000 |
Fiscal year ended December 28, 2013: Deducted from asset accounts: Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 487,000 |  |  | $ | 106,485 |  |  |  | $ | 183,485 | (a) |  | $ | 410,000 |
Fiscal year ended December 29, 2012: Deducted from asset accounts: Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 423,000 |  |  | $ | 147,313 |  |  |  | $ | 83,313 | (a) |  | $ | 487,000 |
(a) Uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.

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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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