Accounts receivable are reduced by an allowance for an estimate of amounts that are uncollectible. Substantially all of the Company’s receivables are due from customers in North America. The Company extends credit to its customers based upon its evaluation of the following factors: (i) the customer’s financial condition, (ii) the amount of credit the customer requests, and (iii) the customer’s actual payment history (which includes disputed invoice resolution). The Company does not typically require its customers to post a deposit or supply collateral. The Company’s allowance for doubtful receivables is based on an analysis that estimates the amount of its total customer receivable balance that is not collectible. This analysis includes assessing a default probability to customers’ receivable balances, which is influenced by several factors including (i) current market conditions, (ii) periodic review of customer credit worthiness, and (iii) review of customer receivable aging and payment trends.

The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to the allowance in the period the payment is received. Credit losses from continuing operations have consistently been within management’s expectations.

The following table represents the activity in the Company’s allowance for doubtful receivables for the fiscal years ended (in thousands):


	2023			2022			2021
Balance at beginning of period	$	1,200		$	961		$	715
Bad debt expense, net of recoveries		663			429			1,044
Accounts written off		(153	)		(190	)		(798	)
Balance at end of period	$	1,710		$	1,200		$	961

Accounts receivable at February 28, 2023 includes a $4.5 million receivable related to the sale of an unused manufacturing facility. The note is structured to be paid in 12 consecutive monthly installments, with a fixed interest rate of 5.95% per annum. The payments are amortized over a period of 360 months, with a balloon payment due upon completion of the final payment.


	February 28,		February 28,
	2023		2022
Trade Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful receivables	$	44,645	$	37,295
Vendor Rebates		4,354		1,727
Notes Receivable		4,508		-
	$	53,507	$	39,022