Schedule II - Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

SEC Schedule, 12-09, 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, 2021, 2020 and 2019

(in millions)

	Balance at beginning of year		Additions charged to costs and expenses		Deductions		Other		Balance at end of year
Allowance for doubtful accounts and sales allowances
2021	$	28.1	$	1.5	$	(10.3)	$	0.4	$	19.7
2020	19.2		11.7		(10.2)		7.4		28.1
2019	20.3		8.2		(7.8)		(1.5)		19.2
Reserve for inventory obsolescence
2021	$	36.2	$	3.8	$	(2.8)	$	(1.1)	$	36.1
2020	28.5		9.0		(2.6)		1.3		36.2
2019	25.7		5.6		(2.7)		(0.1)		28.5

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.