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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—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Dollars in millions)
Year Ended December 31, | 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Accounts Receivable—Allowance for Doubtful Receivables |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 269 |  | $ | 243 |  | $ | 292 |
Additions charged to cost and expenses | 59 |  | 72 |  | 33 |
Deductions from reserves | (88 | ) | (46 | ) | (64 | )
Amounts related to the Performance Coatings business | — |  | — |  | (18 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 240 |  | $ | 269 |  | $ | 243 |
Deferred Tax Assets—Valuation Allowance |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 1,764 |  | $ | 1,914 |  | $ | 1,971 |
Net (benefits) charges to income tax expense | (47 | ) | 29 |  | (77 | )
Additions (deductions) to other comprehensive income (loss) | 135 |  | (205 | ) | 10 |
Currency translation | (95 | ) | 26 |  | 10 |
Balance at end of period | $ | 1,757 |  | $ | 1,764 |  | $ | 1,914 |

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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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