Allowances For Sales Returns And Doubtful Accounts

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2012

Allowances For Sales Returns And Doubtful Accounts [Abstract]

Allowances For Sales Returns And Doubtful Accounts

NOTE 20.     ALLOWANCES FOR SALES RETURNS AND DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

We had the following activities for the allowance for sales returns and allowance and for doubtful accounts as the dates indicated (in thousands):

Classification	Balance at Beginning of Year		Additions		Write-offs and Recoveries(1)			Balance at End of Year
Allowance for sales returns:
Year ended April 1, 2012	$	1,245	$	15,701	$	15,517		$	1,429
Year ended March 27, 2011		1,250		14,790		14,795			1,245
Year ended March 28, 2010		1,213		12,011		11,974			1,250
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
Year ended April 1, 2012		278		69		180			167
Year ended March 27, 2011		186		145		53			278
Year ended March 28, 2010		95		85		(6	)		186

(1) Write-off and recovery amounts within allowance for sales returns reflect credits issued to distributors for stock rotations and volume discounts.