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Schedule II - Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]  
Valuation and qualifying accounts
ROPER INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Schedule II – Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011


 
Balance at beginning of year
Additions charged to costs and expenses
Deductions
Other
Balance at end
of year
 
(in thousands)
Allowance for doubtful accounts and sales allowances
2013
$  15,976
$   1,350
$   (2,992)
$   658
$  14,992
2012
  10,636
   4,573
   (2,403)
   3,170
  15,976
2011
10,349
 2,816
 (2,842)
313
10,636
Reserve for inventory obsolescence
2013
$    41,967
$  11,360
$    (9,696)
$     (179)
$  43,452
2012
  35,224
  14,736
    (8,253)
     260
  41,967
2011
32,516
11,407
 (8,848)
149
 35,224


Deductions from the allowance for doubtful accounts represented the net write-off of uncollectible accounts receivable. Deductions from the inventory obsolescence reserve represented the disposal of obsolete items.

Other included the allowance for doubtful accounts and reserve for inventory obsolescence of acquired businesses at the dates of acquisition, the effects of foreign currency translation adjustments for those companies whose functional currency was not the U.S. dollar, reclassifications and other.