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SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]  
SCHEDULE II: VALUATION AND QUALITYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES
PLANTRONICS, INC.
SCHEDULE II: VALUATION AND QUALIFYING
ACCOUNTS
(in thousands)
 
 
Balance at Beginning of Year
 
Charged to Expenses or Other Accounts
 
Deductions
 
Balance at End of Year
Provision for doubtful accounts and sales allowances:
(1) 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Year ended March 31, 2015
 
$
287

 
$
1,351

 
$
(417
)
 
$
1,221

Year ended March 31, 2016
 
1,221

 
719

 
(1,376
)
 
564

Year ended March 31, 2017
 
564

 
621

 
(582
)
 
603

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Provision for returns:
(2) 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Year ended March 31, 2015
 
$
6,201

 
$
25,174

 
$
(25,181
)
 
$
6,194

Year ended March 31, 2016
 
6,194

 
27,635

 
(26,515
)
 
7,314

Year ended March 31, 2017
 
7,314

 
35,485

 
(32,258
)
 
10,541

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Provision for promotions and rebates:
(3) 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Year ended March 31, 2015
 
$
14,803

 
$
79,983

 
$
(79,385
)
 
$
15,401

Year ended March 31, 2016
 
15,401

 
111,244

 
(98,908
)
 
27,737

Year ended March 31, 2017
 
27,737

 
150,085

 
(146,075
)
 
31,747

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets:
(4) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year ended March 31, 2015
 
$
3,351

 
$

 
$
(1,411
)
 
$
1,940

Year ended March 31, 2016
 
1,940

 
1,962

 
(1,940
)
 
1,962

Year ended March 31, 2017
 
1,962

 
1,130

 
(883
)
 
2,209


(1) 
Amounts charged to expenses or other accounts are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations as part of selling, general, and administrative expenses for doubtful accounts and as a reduction to net revenues for sales allowances.

(2) 
Amounts charged to expenses or other accounts are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations as a reduction to net revenues.

(3) 
Amounts charged to expenses or other accounts are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations as a reduction to net revenues.

(4) 
Amounts charged to expenses or other accounts are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations as a component of income tax expense.

Certain prior year amounts within the line entitled, "Provision for promotions and rebates" have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported consolidated results of operations or consolidated balance sheets.

All other schedules have been omitted because the required information is either not present or not present in the amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule, or because the information required is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.