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Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]  
Consolidated Valuation And Qualifying Accounts
CONSOLIDATED VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands)
 
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Accounts receivable – allowance for doubtful accounts
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
4,091

 
$
2,741

 
$
2,905

Provision charged to expense
 
731

 
1,328

 
(101
)
Reserve adjustments
 
(137
)
 
99

 
(63
)
Write-offs, net of recoveries
 
(678
)
 
(77
)
 

Balance, end of period
 
$
4,007

 
$
4,091

 
$
2,741

Finance receivables – allowance for credit losses
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
192,471

 
$
173,343

 
$
147,178

Provision for credit losses
 
106,870

 
132,444

 
136,617

Charge-offs, net of recoveries
 
(109,456
)
 
(113,316
)
 
(107,161
)
Other(a)  
 

 

 
(3,291
)
Balance, end of period
 
$
189,885

 
$
192,471

 
$
173,343

Inventories – allowance for obsolescence(b)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
38,669

 
$
39,873

 
$
26,740

Provision charged to expense
 
25,722

 
16,940

 
21,137

Reserve adjustments
 
(332
)
 
306

 
(88
)
Write-offs, net of recoveries
 
(25,044
)
 
(18,450
)
 
(7,916
)
Balance, end of period
 
$
39,015

 
$
38,669

 
$
39,873

Deferred tax assets – valuation allowance
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
21,561

 
$
30,953

 
$
20,659

Adjustments
 
307

 
(9,392
)
 
10,294

Balance, end of period
 
$
21,868

 
$
21,561

 
$
30,953

 
(a)
Related to the sale of finance receivables in 2016 with a principal balance of $301.8 million
through an off-balance sheet asset-backed securitization transaction (see Note 12 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.