Note 20. Allowances for Sales Returns and Doubtful Accounts

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

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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		Utilizations (1)		Balance at End of Year
Allowance for sales returns:
Year ended March 31, 2013	$	1,429	$	15,176	$	15,521	$	1,084
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
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
Year ended March 31, 2013		167		39		—		206
Year ended April 1, 2012		278		69		180		167
Year ended March 27, 2011		186		145		53		278

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