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Schedule II - Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]  
Schedule II - Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
Schedule II – Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015
 
Balance at
beginning
of year
 
Additions
charged to
costs and
expenses
 
Deductions
 
Other
 
Balance at
end
of year
 
(in thousands)
Allowance for doubtful accounts and sales allowances
2017
$
14,489

 
$
4,262

 
$
(5,919
)
 
$
(144
)
 
$
12,688

2016
12,404

 
1,791

 
(2,794
)
 
3,088

 
14,489

2015
13,694

 
1,536

 
(4,128
)
 
1,302

 
12,404

Reserve for inventory obsolescence
2017
$
37,233

 
$
5,291

 
$
(6,331
)
 
$
1,917

 
$
38,110

2016
34,040

 
10,071

 
(6,540
)
 
(338
)
 
37,233

2015
38,879

 
8,616

 
(9,049
)
 
(4,406
)
 
34,040

 
Deductions from the allowance for doubtful accounts represented the net write-off of uncollectible accounts receivable. Deductions from the inventory obsolescence reserve represented the disposal of obsolete items.

Other included the allowance for doubtful accounts and reserve for inventory obsolescence of acquired businesses at the dates of acquisition, the effects of foreign currency translation adjustments for those companies whose functional currency was not the U.S. dollar, reclassifications and other.