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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS Garmin Ltd. and Subsidiaries (In thousands)
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|  | Beginning of |  |  | Costs and |  |  | Other |  |  |  |  |  | End of |
Description |  | Period |  |  | Expenses |  |  | Accounts |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Period |
Year Ended December 30, 2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deducted from asset accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 14,669 |  |  | $ | 1,021 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | (11,522 | ) |  | $ | 4,168 |
Valuation allowance - Deferred Tax Asset |  |  | 4,622 |  |  |  | 3,077 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (432 | ) |  |  | 7,267 |
Total |  | $ | 19,291 |  |  | $ | 4,098 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | (11,954 | ) |  | $ | 11,435 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deducted from asset accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 13,805 |  |  | $ | 4,137 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | (3,273 | ) |  | $ | 14,669 |
Valuation allowance - Deferred Tax Asset |  |  | 2,781 |  |  |  | 1,966 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (125 | ) |  |  | 4,622 |
Total |  | $ | 16,586 |  |  | $ | 6,103 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | (3,398 | ) |  | $ | 19,291 |
Year Ended December 26, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deducted from asset accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 18,330 |  |  | $ | (2,521 | ) |  |  | - |  |  | $ | (2,004 | ) |  | $ | 13,805 |
Valuation allowance - Deferred Tax Asset |  |  | 11,358 |  |  |  | 422 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (8,999 | ) |  |  | 2,781 |
Total |  | $ | 29,688 |  |  | $ | (2,099 | ) |  |  | - |  |  | $ | (11,003 | ) |  | $ | 16,586 |

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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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