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Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2016
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | SCHEDULE II TRIMBLE INC. VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (in millions)
Fiscal Years | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 5.0 |  |  | $ | 7.8 |  |  | $ | 6.3 |
Acquired allowance | 0.3 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 2.6 |
Bad debt expense | 3.0 |  |  | 1.9 |  |  | 3.8 |
Write-offs, net of recoveries | (3.3 | ) |  | (5.3 | ) |  | (4.9 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 5.0 |  |  | $ | 5.0 |  |  | $ | 7.8 |

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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 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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