SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

12 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2020

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

SCHEDULE II: VALUATION AND QUALITYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES

PLANTRONICS, INC.

SCHEDULE II: VALUATION AND QUALIFYING

ACCOUNTS

(in thousands)



		Balance at Beginning of Year		Other ⁽⁴⁾		Charged to Expenses or Other Accounts			Deductions			Balance at End of Year
Provision for doubtful accounts and sales allowances:	⁽¹⁾
Year ended March 31, 2018		$	603	—		$	784		$	(514	)	$	873
Year ended March 30, 2019		873		3,928		4,332			(4,176		)	4,956
Year ended March 28, 2020		4,956		—		(2,297		)	(518		)	2,141

Provision for returns:	⁽²⁾
Year ended March 31, 2018		$	10,541	—		$	30,472		$	(30,788	)	$	10,225
Year ended March 30, 2019		10,225		(10,225	)	—			—			—
Year ended March 28, 2020		—		—		—			—			—

Provision for promotions and rebates:	⁽²⁾
Year ended March 31, 2018		$	31,747	—		$	183,929		$	(177,392	)	$	38,284
Year ended March 30, 2019	⁽⁵⁾	38,284		44,136		417,422			(376,789		)	123,053
Year ended March 28, 2020		123,053		(224	)	441,250			(452,705		)	111,374

Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets:	⁽³⁾
Year ended March 31, 2018		$	2,209			$	981		$	(676	)	$	2,514
Year ended March 30, 2019		2,514		8,068		7,469			(2,264		)	15,787
Year ended March 28, 2020		15,787		—		71,561			(5,912		)	81,436


⁽¹⁾	Amounts charged to expenses or other accounts are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations as part of selling, general, and administrative expenses for doubtful accounts and as a reduction to net revenues for sales allowances.


⁽²⁾	Amounts charged to expenses or other accounts are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations as a reduction to net revenues.


⁽³⁾	Amounts charged to expenses or other accounts are primarily reflected in the consolidated statements of operations as a component of income tax expense.


⁽⁴⁾	Amounts represent changes in the accounts due to Acquisition of Polycom on July 2, 2018 and impact from adoption of ASC 606.

All other schedules have been omitted because the required information is either not present or not present in the amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule, or because the information required is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.