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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
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Allowance For Doubtful Accounts

3.    ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

The allowance for doubtful accounts consisted of the following (in millions):

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Balance at beginning of year

 

$

0.7

 

 

$

0.8

 

 

$

0.6

 

Provision charged to expense

 

 

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.3

 

Write-offs, less recoveries

 

 

 

 

 

(0.1

)

 

 

(0.1

)

Balance at end of year

 

$

0.9

 

 

$

0.7

 

 

$

0.8

 

 

The Company recorded bad debt expense of less than 0.1% of net sales in each of 2017, 2016 and 2015.