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SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES | SCHEDULE II UTSTARCOM HOLDINGS CORP. VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES For the Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012
Description |  | Balance at beginning of the period |  |  | Charged (credited) to costs and expenses |  |  | Credited to other accounts |  |  | (Deductions) Adjustments IPTV divestiture |  |  | (Deductions) Adjustments(1) |  |  | Balance at end of the period |
|  | (in thousands) |
Year ended December 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 11,063 |  |  | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (235 | ) |  | $ | 10,877 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | $ | 422,789 |  |  | $ | 1,824 |  |  | $ | (55,941 | )(2) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 368,672 |
Year ended December 31, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 10,796 |  |  | $ | (75 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 342 |  |  | $ | 11,063 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | $ | 418,285 |  |  | $ | 36,324 |  |  | $ | (31,820 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 422,789 |
Year ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 30,145 |  |  | $ | (1,148 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (17,625 | ) |  | $ | (576 | ) |  | $ | 10,796 |
Tax valuation allowance |  | $ | 469,224 |  |  | $ | (30,745 | ) |  | $ | (20,194 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 418,285 |
| (1) | Represents write-offs of allowance for doubtful accounts and foreign exchange adjustments.
| (2) | Includes $35.6 million removal of tax valuation allowance for expiration of net operating loss carryforwards in China.

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