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SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS ROLLINS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
| For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015
(in thousands) | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Net (Deductions) Recoveries |  | Balance at End of Period
Year ended December 31, 2017 Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 14,600 |  |  | $ | 10,455 |  |  | $ | (10,349 | ) |  | $ | 14,706 |
Year ended December 31, 2016 Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 13,636 |  |  | $ | 11,257 |  |  | $ | (10,293 | ) |  | $ | 14,600 |
Year ended December 31, 2015 Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 14,094 |  |  | $ | 10,113 |  |  | $ | (10,571 | ) |  | $ | 13,636 |

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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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