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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Description
Balance at
Beginning of
Period Additions Deductions
Balance at
End of Period
(In millions)
Year ended January 31, 2016
Allowance for doubtful accounts .. $3$—
(1) $(1)(1) $2
Sales return allowance .................. $14$ 9
(2) $(14)(4) $9
Deferred tax valuation allowance.. $ 261 $ 11 (3) $ — $ 272
Year ended January 25, 2015
Allowance for doubtful accounts .. $1$3
(1) $(1)(1) $3
Sales return allowance .................. $14$12
(2) $(12)(4) $14
Deferred tax valuation allowance.. $ 244 $ 17 (3) $ — $ 261
Year ended January 26, 2014
Allowance for doubtful accounts .. $2$—
(1) $(1)(1) $1
Sales return allowance .................. $15$16
(2) $(17)(4) $14
Deferred tax valuation allowance.. $ 225 $ 19 (3) $ — $ 244
(1) Additions represent allowance for doubtful accounts charged to expense and deductions represent amounts recorded as
reduction to expense upon reassessment of allowance for doubtful accounts at period end.
(2) Represents allowance for sales returns estimated at the time revenue is recognized primarily based on historical return
rates and is charged as a reduction to revenue.
(3) Represents change in valuation allowance primarily related to state and certain foreign deferred tax assets that
management has determined not likely to be realized due, in part, to projections of future taxable income of the respective
jurisdictions.
(4) Represents sales returns.