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Current Assets and Current Liabilities
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Current Assets and Current Liabilities  
Current Assets and Current Liabilities

5. Current Assets and Current Liabilities

        Receivables—Activity in the trade receivables allowance account was as follows for the three-year period ended September 30, 2013.

(in thousands)
  Balance at
beginning
of year
  Charged
to expense
  Reclassified
to assets
held for sale
  Accounts
written off
  Balance at
end of year
 

2011

  $ 3,520   $ 1,008   $ (826 ) $ (764 ) $ 2,938  

2012

    2,938     532     0     (1,047 )   2,423  

2013

    2,423     1,302     0     (948 )   2,777  

        In addition to the allowance for trade receivables, Headwaters also had additional activity of approximately $9.0 million in the allowance account for other receivables, all related to amounts owed to Headwaters by one of the buyers of some of the coal cleaning facilities described in Note 4. This $9.0 million addition represents a 100% reserve on a note receivable and other payments contractually agreed to by the buyer as of September 30, 2013, given the level of uncertainty of collection from the buyer.

        Inventories—Inventories consisted of the following at September 30:

(in thousands)
  2012   2013  

Raw materials

  $ 8,021   $ 9,909  

Finished goods

    23,567     27,474  
           

 

  $ 31,588   $ 37,383  
           

        Other Accrued Liabilities—Other accrued liabilities consisted of the following at September 30:

(in thousands)
  2012   2013  

Products and services received but not yet invoiced

  $ 22,183   $ 24,355  

Litigation

    18,012     16,012  

Other

    10,751     14,901  
           

 

  $ 50,946   $ 55,268