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Schedule II
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]  
Schedule II
Schedule II
THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Three Years Ended October 31, 2017
(In millions)
Balance
Beginning
of Year
 
Additions
Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
 
(Deductions)
Recoveries/
Other (1)
 
Balance
at End
of Year
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year Ended October 31, 2017
$
8.5

  
$
2.6

  
$
(0.3
)
 
$
10.8

Year Ended October 31, 2016
$
6.0

  
$
2.5

  
$
—

 
$
8.5

Year Ended October 31, 2015
$
6.0

  
$
1.7

  
$
(1.7
)
 
$
6.0


(1) Consists of additions representing allowances and recoveries, less deductions representing receivables written off as uncollectible.

(In millions)
Balance
Beginning
of Year
 
Additions (2)
 
Reductions/ Charges
 
Balance
at End
of Year
Income tax valuation allowance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year Ended October 31, 2017
$
13.3

  
$
45.9

 
$
(0.1
)
 
$
59.1

Year Ended October 31, 2016
$
13.4

  
$
—

 
$
(0.1
)
 
$
13.3

Year Ended October 31, 2015
$
14.5

  
$
—

 
$
(1.1
)
 
$
13.4


(2) Addition includes $37.8 million of valuation allowance from prior years as a result of previously unrecorded deferred assets that have been subject to a full valuation allowance.