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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 of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure | CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Dollars in millions)
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| Balance at beginning of period |  | Charged to costs and expenses |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Translations |  | Balance at end of period
Year Ended December 31, 2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 10.2 |  |  | $ | 1.2 |  |  |  | $ | (1.2 | ) | (1) |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 10.8 |
Allowance for obsolete and excess inventory | 10.1 |  |  | 2.4 |  |  |  | (4.9 | ) | (2) |  | 0.9 |  |  | 8.5 |
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance | 15.1 |  |  | 11.1 |  |  |  | — |  | (3) |  | 1.0 |  |  | 27.2 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 7.0 |  |  | $ | 4.7 |  |  |  | $ | (1.3 | ) | (1) |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | 10.2 |
Allowance for obsolete and excess inventory | 11.3 |  |  | 3.8 |  |  |  | (4.7 | ) | (2) |  | (0.3 | ) |  | 10.1 |
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance | 8.8 |  |  | 7.0 |  |  |  | (0.1 | ) | (3) |  | (0.6 | ) |  | 15.1 |
Year Ended December 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 6.5 |  |  | $ | 1.6 |  |  |  | $ | (0.9 | ) | (1) |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | 7.0 |
Allowance for obsolete and excess inventory | 5.2 |  |  | 14.8 |  |  |  | (8.3 | ) | (2) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | 11.3 |
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance | 1.9 |  |  | 7.2 |  |  |  | (0.1 | ) | (3) |  | (0.2 | ) |  | 8.8 |
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(1) | Reversal of amounts previously recorded as bad debt and uncollectible accounts written off.
(2) | Inventory items written off against the allowance.
(3) | Deductions to the deferred tax assets valuation allowance relate to decreased deferred tax assets and the release of the valuation allowance.

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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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