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Schedule II - Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
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, 2018, 2017 and 2016
 
Balance at
beginning
of year
 
Additions
charged to
costs and
expenses
 
Deductions
 
Other
 
Balance at
end
of year
 
(in millions)
Allowance for doubtful accounts and sales allowances
2018
$
12.7

 
$
11.9

 
$
(7.3
)
 
$
5.8

 
$
23.1

2017
14.5

 
4.3

 
(5.9
)
 
(0.2
)
 
12.7

2016
12.4

 
1.8

 
(2.8
)
 
3.1

 
14.5

Reserve for inventory obsolescence
2018
$
38.1

 
$
6.7

 
$
(4.5
)
 
$
(10.0
)
 
$
30.3

2017
37.2

 
5.3

 
(6.3
)
 
1.9

 
38.1

2016
34.0

 
10.1

 
(6.6
)
 
(0.3
)
 
37.2

 
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, the effects of foreign currency translation adjustments for those companies whose functional currency was not the U.S. dollar, reclassifications as held for sale and other.