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Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Schedule II

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

(in thousands)

 

     Balance at
beginning
of period
     Additions     Deductions      Balance at
end
of period
 
      Changes in
allowances, charges to
expenses and changes
to other accounts
      

Year ended December 31, 2013:

          

Provision for doubtful accounts

   $ 1,743         164 (1)      (149 )(3)     $ 1,758   

Provision for billing adjustments

   $ 1,174         (376 )(1)      (294 )(3)     $ 504   

Provision for merchant losses

   $ 994         2,211 (1)      (2,083 )(3)     $ 1,122   

Transaction processing provisions — processing errors

   $ 1,724         7,458 (2)      (6,773 )(3)     $ 2,409   

Provision for cardholder losses

   $         19,737 (4),(5)      (13,953 )(3)     $ 5,784   

Deferred tax valuation allowance

   $ 12,976         2,298 (6)      (583 )(7)     $ 14,691   

Year ended December 31, 2014:

          

Provision for doubtful accounts

   $ 1,758         640 (1)      (824 )(3)     $ 3,222   

Provision for billing adjustments

   $ 504         497 (1)      (135 )(3)     $ 866   

Provision for merchant losses

   $ 1,122         1,686 (1)      (1,690 )(3)     $ 1,118   

Transaction processing provisions — processing errors

   $ 2,409         9,468 (2)      (7,247 )(3)     $ 4,630   

Provision for cardholder losses

   $ 5,784         38,381 (5)      (37,853 )(3)     $ 6,312   

Deferred tax valuation allowance

   $ 14,691         5,534 (6)      (1,262 )(7)     $ 18,963   

Year ended December 31, 2015:

          

Provision for doubtful accounts

   $ 3,222         (58 )(1)      (1,407 )(3)     $ 1,757   

Provision for billing adjustments

   $ 866         (114 )(1)      174 (3)     $ 926   

Provision for merchant losses

   $ 1,118         4,667 (1)      (4,419 )(3)     $ 1,366   

Transaction processing provisions — processing errors

   $ 4,630         6,976 (2)      (5,149 )(3)     $ 6,457   

Provision for cardholder losses

   $ 6,312         41,264 (5)      (38,185 )(3)     $ 9,391   

Deferred tax valuation allowance

   $ 18,963         541 (6)      (1,058 )(7)     $ 18,446   

 

(1) Amount reflected includes charges to (recoveries of) bad debt expense which are classified in selling, general and administrative expenses and the charges for billing adjustment which are recorded against revenues.
(2) Amount reflected is the change in transaction processing provisions reflected in cost of services expenses.
(3) Accounts deemed to be uncollectible and written off during the year as it relates to bad debts. Amounts that relate to billing adjustments and transaction processing provisions reflect actual billing adjustments and processing errors charged against the allowances. Amounts that related to cardholder losses reflect write-offs against the provision for cardholder losses.
(4) Includes $7.8 million of cardholder losses on July 1, 2013 related to the acquisition of NetSpend.
(5) Amount represents the charges in the provision for cardholder losses reflected in cost of services expenses.
(6) Amount represents an increase in the amount of deferred tax assets, which more likely than not, will not be realized.
(7) Amount represents a decrease in the amount of deferred tax assets, which more likely than not, will not be realized.