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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 II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (in thousands)
|  | Balance |  | Additions |  |  |  | Balance
|  | at Beginning |  | Charged to |  | Charged to Other |  |  |  | at End of
Description |  | of Period |  | Expense |  | Accounts* |  | Deductions** |  | Period
Year Ended December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts and unbilled services |  | $ | 178,819 |  |  | $ | 15,386 |  |  | $ | 9,656 |  |  | $ | 23,174 |  |  | $ | 180,687 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax asset |  | $ | 18,900 |  |  | $ | 2,721 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 21,621 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts and unbilled services |  | $ | 185,754 |  |  | $ | 8,912 |  |  | $ | 9,501 |  |  | $ | 25,348 |  |  | $ | 178,819 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax asset |  | $ | 13,167 |  |  | $ | 5,733 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 18,900 |
Year Ended December 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts and unbilled services |  | $ | 144,825 |  |  | $ | 15,564 |  |  | $ | 42,134 |  |  | $ | 16,769 |  |  | $ | 185,754 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax asset |  | $ | 14,442 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,275 |  |  | $ | 13,167 |
* Includes estimated provision for unbilled services recorded as a reduction to revenues (i.e., fee, rate and other adjustments). ** Includes estimated direct write-offs of uncollectible and unrealizable accounts receivable.

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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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