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Schedule II | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 28, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | MEDTRONIC PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (in millions)
|  |  | Additions |  | Deductions |  |
| Balance at Beginning of Fiscal Year |  | Charges to Income | Charges to Other Accounts |  | Other Changes (Debit) Credit |  | Balance at End of Fiscal Year
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended 4/28/17 | $ | 161 |  |  | $ | 39 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (46 | ) | (b) | $ | 155 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1 |  | (c) |  |
Year ended 4/29/16 | $ | 144 |  |  | $ | 49 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (28 | ) | (b) | $ | 161 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (4 | ) | (c) |  |
Year ended 4/24/15 | $ | 115 |  |  | $ | 35 |  | $ | 34 |  | (a) | $ | (36 | ) | (b) | $ | 144 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (4 | ) | (c) |  |
Deferred tax valuation allowance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended 4/28/17 | $ | 7,032 |  |  | $ | 101 |  | $ | 6 |  | (a) | $ | (524 | ) | (d) | $ | 6,311 |
|  |  |  |  |  | $ | (304 | ) | (c) |
Year ended 4/29/16 | $ | 5,607 |  |  | $ | 1,194 |  | $ | 4 |  | (a) | $ | (88 | ) | (d) | $ | 7,032 |
|  |  |  |  |  | $ | 315 |  | (c) |
Year ended 4/24/15 | $ | 397 |  |  | $ | 40 |  | $ | 5,660 |  | (a) | $ | (56 | ) | (d) | $ | 5,607 |
|  |  |  |  |  | $ | (434 | ) | (c) |
(a) Reflects the impact from acquisitions.
(b) Uncollectible accounts written off, less recoveries.
(c) Reflects primarily the effects of currency fluctuations.
(d) Decrease in deferred tax valuation allowance due to carryover attribute utilization and expiration.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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