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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Items Included in Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition [Abstract]  
Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions
Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions
Receivables
Receivables on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of:
 
 
2016
 
2015
Trade receivables
 
$
48,683

 
$
47,179

Fees earned, not billed
 
168,971

 
154,919

Other receivables
 
10,826

 
21,574

 
 
228,480

 
223,672

Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
(523
)
 
(649
)
Receivables, net
 
$
227,957

 
$
223,023


Fees earned, not billed represents receivables earned but unbilled and results from timing differences between services provided and contractual billing schedules. These billing schedules generally provide for fees to be billed on a quarterly basis. In addition, certain fees earned from investment operations services are calculated based on assets under administration that have a prolonged valuation process which delays billings to clients.
Property and Equipment
Property and Equipment on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consists of:
 
 
2016
 
2015
Buildings
 
$
152,171

 
$
151,604

Equipment
 
106,759

 
86,941

Land
 
10,030

 
10,003

Purchased software
 
128,008

 
122,433

Furniture and fixtures
 
17,292

 
16,143

Leasehold improvements
 
15,175

 
15,393

Construction in progress
 
2,077

 
961

 
 
431,512

 
403,478

Less: Accumulated depreciation
 
(285,322
)
 
(259,501
)
Property and Equipment, net
 
$
146,190

 
$
143,977


Depreciation expense related to property and equipment for 2016, 2015 and 2014 was $26,440, $24,044 and $22,448, respectively.
During 2015, the Company determined that certain purchased software related to the SEI Wealth Platform is no longer in use and wrote off $522 of the software classified as Purchased software reported under the Private Banks business segment. The expense associated with the write off of the software is included in Facilities, supplies and other costs on the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Other Assets
Other assets consist of long-term prepaid expenses, deposits, other investments at cost and various other assets. Amortization expense for certain other assets for 2016, 2015 and 2014 was $345, $229 and $227, respectively.
Accrued Liabilities
Accrued Liabilities on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of:
 
 
2016
 
2015
Accrued employee compensation
 
$
79,735

 
$
74,687

Accrued consulting, outsourcing and professional fees
 
24,428

 
21,575

Accrued sub-advisory, distribution and other asset management fees
 
41,666

 
32,674

Accrued dividend payable
 
44,596

 
42,625

Other accrued liabilities
 
50,100

 
46,026

Accrued liabilities
 
$
240,525

 
$
217,587