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Consolidated Valuation And Qualifying Accounts
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]  
Consolidated Valuation And Qualifying Accounts
Schedule II
HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
(In thousands)
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Accounts receivable – allowance for doubtful accounts
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
$
4,954

 
$
4,952

 
$
10,357

Provision charged to expense
 
245

 
424

 
1,408

Reserve adjustments
 
(136
)
 
(401
)
 
(6,633
)
Write-offs, net of recoveries
 
(103
)
 
(21
)
 
(180
)
Balance at end of period
 
$
4,960

 
$
4,954

 
$
4,952

Finance receivables – allowance for credit losses
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
$
107,667

 
$
125,449

 
$
173,589

Provision for credit losses
 
60,008

 
22,239

 
17,031

Charge-offs, net of recoveries
 
(56,982
)
 
(40,021
)
 
(65,171
)
Balance, end of period
 
$
110,693

 
$
107,667

 
$
125,449

Inventories – allowance for obsolescence(a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
$
22,936

 
$
23,204

 
$
34,180

Provision charged to expense
 
5,254

 
9,489

 
4,885

Reserve adjustments
 
(1,281
)
 
(696
)
 
(466
)
Write-offs, net of recoveries
 
(9,446
)
 
(9,061
)
 
(15,395
)
Balance at end of period
 
$
17,463

 
$
22,936

 
$
23,204

Deferred tax assets – valuation allowance
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
$
16,314

 
$
14,914

 
$
27,048

Adjustments
 
5,504

 
1,400

 
(12,134
)
Balance at end of period
 
$
21,818

 
$
16,314

 
$
14,914

 
(a)
Inventory obsolescence reserves deducted from cost determined on first-in first-out (FIFO) basis, before deductions for last-in, first-out (LIFO) valuation reserves.