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Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]  
Consolidated Valuation And Qualifying Accounts
CONSOLIDATED VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015
(In thousands)
 
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Accounts receivable – allowance for doubtful accounts
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
2,741

 
$
2,905

 
$
3,458

Provision charged to expense
 
1,328

 
(101
)
 
266

Reserve adjustments
 
99

 
(63
)
 
(276
)
Write-offs, net of recoveries
 
(77
)
 
—

 
(543
)
Balance, end of period
 
$
4,091

 
$
2,741

 
$
2,905

Finance receivables – allowance for credit losses
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
173,343

 
$
147,178

 
$
127,364

Provision for credit losses
 
132,444

 
136,617

 
101,345

Charge-offs, net of recoveries
 
(113,316
)
 
(107,161
)
 
(81,531
)
Other(a)  
 
—

 
(3,291
)
 
—

Balance, end of period
 
$
192,471

 
$
173,343

 
$
147,178

Inventories – allowance for obsolescence(b)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
39,873

 
$
26,740

 
$
17,775

Provision charged to expense
 
16,940

 
21,137

 
19,564

Reserve adjustments
 
306

 
(88
)
 
(1,028
)
Write-offs, net of recoveries
 
(18,450
)
 
(7,916
)
 
(9,571
)
Balance, end of period
 
$
38,669

 
$
39,873

 
$
26,740

Deferred tax assets – valuation allowance
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
30,953

 
$
20,659

 
$
25,462

Adjustments
 
(9,392
)
 
10,294

 
(4,803
)
Balance, end of period
 
$
21,561

 
$
30,953

 
$
20,659

 
(a)
Related to the sale of finance receivables during the second quarter of 2016 with a principal balance of $301.8 million
through an off-balance sheet asset-backed securitization transaction (see Note 10 for additional information).
(b)
Inventory obsolescence reserves deducted from cost determined on first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis, before deductions for last-in, first-out (LIFO) valuation reserves.