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Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (In thousands of U.S. dollars)
|  | Column A |  | Column B |  | Column C |  | Column D |  | Column E |
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Additions (Charged to Costs and Expenses) |  | Deductions (Write-Offs and Actual Losses Incurred) |  | Additions Resulting from Acquisitions |  | Balance at End of Period |
Year Ended December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Provisions for Losses on Long-Term Contracts (*) |  |  | 196,980 |  | 32,996 |  |  | 100,761 |  | – |  |  | 129,215 |
Provisions for Claims and Potential Contractual Penalties and Others |  |  | 8,236 |  | 648 |  |  | 2,038 |  | – |  |  | 6,846 |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  |  | 6,861 |  | 2,865 |  |  | 598 |  | – |  |  | 9,128 |
Valuation Allowance on Deferred Taxes |  |  | 1,302 |  | 3,395 |  |  | 1,169 |  | – |  |  | 3,528 |
Year Ended December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Provisions for Losses on Long-Term Contracts (*) |  |  | 136,070 |  | 104,560 |  |  | 43,650 |  | – |  |  | 196,980 |
Provisions for Claims and Potential Contractual Penalties and Others |  |  | 6,618 |  | 2,160 |  |  | 542 |  | – |  |  | 8,236 |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  |  | 11,215 |  | 56 |  |  | 4,410 |  | – |  |  | 6,861 |
Valuation Allowance on Deferred Taxes |  |  | 160 |  | 1,302 |  |  | 160 |  | – |  |  | 1,302 |
Year Ended December 31, 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Provisions for Losses on Long-Term Contracts (*) |  |  | 136,341 |  | 35,443 |  |  | 36,360 |  | 646 |  |  | 136,070 |
Provisions for Claims and Potential Contractual Penalties and Others |  |  | 5,864 |  | 1,262 |  |  | 1,103 |  | 595 |  |  | 6,618 |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  |  | 7,885 |  | 904 |  |  | 349 |  | 2,775 |  |  | 11,215 |
Valuation Allowance on Deferred Taxes (**) |  |  | 34,776 |  | – |  |  | 34,616 |  | – |  |  | 160 |
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* | An amount of $74,407, $74,509 and $64,065 as of December 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively, is presented as a deduction from inventories, and an amount of $61,663, $122,471 and $65,150 as of December 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively, is presented as part of other accrued expenses in the category of "Cost Provisions and Other." An amount of $57,189 and $18,467 as of December 31, 2011 and 2012, respectively, is presented as other accrued expenses and is related to the cessation of a program with a foreign customer, of which $13,300 was included in long-term liabilities.
** | An amount of $21,500 was deducted as a result of a prior year adjustment.

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