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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Millions of dollars)
| Balance at beginning of year |  | Charged (credited) to costs and expenses |  | Other |  | Balance at end of year |
Year Ended September 30, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves deducted from assets in the consolidated balance sheet: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 27.3 |  |  | $ | 30.7 |  |  | $ | (31.1 | ) | (1) | $ | 26.9 |  |
Other reserves: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance | $ | 114.3 |  |  | $ | (7.6 | ) |  | $ | 0.4 |  | (3) | $ | 107.1 |  |
Year Ended September 30, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves deducted from assets in the consolidated balance sheet: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 29.7 |  |  | $ | 21.7 |  |  | $ | (24.1 | ) | (1) | $ | 27.3 |  |
Other reserves: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance | $ | 131.3 |  |  | $ | (5.8 | ) |  | $ | (8.8 | ) | (3) | $ | 114.3 |  |
|  |  |  |  | (2.4 | ) | (4) |  |
Year Ended September 30, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves deducted from assets in the consolidated balance sheet: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 39.1 |  |  | $ | 31.6 |  |  | $ | (39.6 | ) | (1) | $ | 29.7 |  |
|  |  |  |  | (1.4 | ) | (2) |  |
Other reserves: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance | $ | 59.2 |  |  | $ | 5.1 |  |  | $ | 66.1 |  | (3) | $ | 131.3 |  |
|  |  |  |  | (2.6 | ) | (4) |  |
|  |  |  |  | 3.5 |  | (5) |  |
(1) | Uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.
(2) | Effects of currency exchange.
(3) | Foreign tax credit valuation allowance adjustment.
(4) | Decrease in unusable foreign operating loss carryforwards.
(5) | Acquisitions

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