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Schedule II, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | FORTIVE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS ($ in millions)
Classification | Balance at Beginning of Period(a) |  | Charged to Costs & Expenses |  | Impact of Currency |  | Charged to Other Accounts(b) |  | Write Offs, Write Downs & Deductions |  | Balance at End of Period(a)
Year Ended December 31, 2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowances deducted from asset accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 81.9 |  |  | $ | 37.7 |  |  | $ | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 2.1 |  |  | $ | (55.3 | ) |  | $ | 67.4 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowances deducted from asset accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 76.8 |  |  | $ | 31.0 |  |  | $ | (0.7 | ) |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | (25.3 | ) |  | $ | 81.9 |
Year Ended December 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowances deducted from asset accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 71.4 |  |  | $ | 31.6 |  |  | $ | (0.9 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (25.3 | ) |  | $ | 76.8 |
(a) Amounts include allowance for doubtful accounts classified as current and noncurrent.
(b) Amounts related to businesses acquired, net of amounts related to businesses disposed.

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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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