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Schedule II - Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Schedule II – Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015
| 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
2017 | $ | 14,489 |  |  | $ | 4,262 |  |  | $ | (5,919 | ) |  | $ | (144 | ) |  | $ | 12,688 |
2016 | 12,404 |  |  | 1,791 |  |  | (2,794 | ) |  | 3,088 |  |  | 14,489 |
2015 | 13,694 |  |  | 1,536 |  |  | (4,128 | ) |  | 1,302 |  |  | 12,404 |
Reserve for inventory obsolescence
2017 | $ | 37,233 |  |  | $ | 5,291 |  |  | $ | (6,331 | ) |  | $ | 1,917 |  |  | $ | 38,110 |
2016 | 34,040 |  |  | 10,071 |  |  | (6,540 | ) |  | (338 | ) |  | 37,233 |
2015 | 38,879 |  |  | 8,616 |  |  | (9,049 | ) |  | (4,406 | ) |  | 34,040 |
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.

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