Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Verizon Communications Inc. and Subsidiaries
For the Years Ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
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| Description | Balance at Beginning of Period |
Charged to Expenses |
Charged to Other Accounts Note (a)(b) |
Deductions Note (c)(d) |
Balance at End of Period |
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Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable: |
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Year 2013 |
$ | 641 | $ | 993 | $ | 162 | $ | 1,151 | $ | 645 | ||||||||||
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Year 2012 |
802 | 972 | 113 | 1,246 | 641 | |||||||||||||||
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Year 2011 |
876 | 1,026 | 139 | 1,239 | 802 | |||||||||||||||
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Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets: |
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Year 2013 |
$ | 2,041 | $ | 235 | $ | 30 | $ | 710 | $ | 1,596 | ||||||||||
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Year 2012 |
2,376 | 120 | 38 | 493 | 2,041 | |||||||||||||||
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Year 2011 |
3,421 | 108 | 25 | 1,178 | 2,376 | |||||||||||||||
| (a) |
Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable primarily includes amounts previously written off which were credited directly to this account when recovered. |
| (b) |
Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets includes current year increase to valuation allowance charged to equity and reclassifications from other balance sheet accounts. |
| (c) |
Amounts written off as uncollectible or transferred to other accounts or utilized. |
| (d) |
Reductions to valuation allowances related to deferred tax assets. |