Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

The table below presents valuation and qualifying accounts for continuing operations. 

(Dollars in Millions)			Additions
Descriptions	Balance at Beginning Period		Charged to Costs and Expenses		Charged to Other Accounts			Deductions			Balance at End of Period
Year ended December 31, 2019:
Deducted from accounts and notes receivable:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	9	$	13	$	3	(c)	$	(11	)(a)	$	14
Reserve for losses on uncompleted contracts	$	6	$	12	$	—		$	(8	)	$	10
Reserve for potentially disallowable costs incurred under government contracts	$	55	$	5	$	—		$	(2	)	$	58
Year ended December 31, 2018:
Deducted from accounts and notes receivable:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	12	$	3	$	—		$	(6	)(a)	$	9
Reserve for losses on uncompleted contracts	$	15	$	9	$	—		$	(18	)	$	6
Reserve for potentially disallowable costs incurred under government contracts	$	60	$	13	$	2	(b)	$	(20	)	$	55
Year ended December 31, 2017:
Deducted from accounts and notes receivable:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	14	$	—	$	—		$	(2	)(a)	$	12
Reserve for losses on uncompleted contracts	$	63	$	4	$	—		$	(52	)	$	15
Reserve for potentially disallowable costs incurred under government contracts	$	73	$	1	$	—		$	(14	)	$	60

(a) Receivable write-offs, net of recoveries

(b) Reserves of $2 million were recorded in the 2018 acquisition of SGT

(c)

Reserves of $3 million was recorded as a reduction in revenue