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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2012
Summary Of Activity In The Allowance For Doubtful Accounts | Following is a summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for fiscal years ending December 29, 2012, December 31, 2011 and December 25, 2010 (in thousands):
|  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Write-offs, Net of Recoveries |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | $ | 6,591 |  |  | $ | 4,368 |  |  | $ | (2,309 | ) |  | $ | 8,650 |
Other receivables |  |  | 7,768 |  |  |  | 610 |  |  |  | (2,766 | ) |  |  | 5,612 |
Other non-current receivables |  |  | 274 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | (41 | ) |  |  | 239 |
|  | $ | 14,633 |  |  | $ | 4,984 |  |  | $ | (5,116 | ) |  | $ | 14,501 |
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | $ | 5,324 |  |  | $ | 4,503 |  |  | $ | (3,236 | ) |  | $ | 6,591 |
Other receivables |  |  | 7,499 |  |  |  | 3,293 |  |  |  | (3,024 | ) |  |  | 7,768 |
Other non-current receivables |  |  | 312 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | (46 | ) |  |  | 274 |
|  | $ | 13,135 |  |  | $ | 7,804 |  |  | $ | (6,306 | ) |  | $ | 14,633 |
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | $ | 5,547 |  |  | $ | 1,395 |  |  | $ | (1,618 | ) |  | $ | 5,324 |
Other receivables |  |  | 6,727 |  |  |  | 2,516 |  |  |  | (1,744 | ) |  |  | 7,499 |
Other non-current receivables |  |  | 319 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  | 312 |
|  | $ | 12,593 |  |  | $ | 3,916 |  |  | $ | (3,374 | ) |  | $ | 13,135 |
Reconciliation Of The Average Number Of Common Shares Outstanding To Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding | The following table provides a reconciliation of the average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate earnings per common share attributable to Landstar System, Inc. and subsidiary to the average number of common shares and common share equivalents outstanding used to calculate diluted earnings per share attributable to Landstar System, Inc. and subsidiary (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Year |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Average number of common shares outstanding |  |  | 46,698 |  |  |  | 47,444 |  |  |  | 49,523 |
Incremental shares from assumed exercises of stock options |  |  | 179 |  |  |  | 80 |  |  |  | 57 |
Average number of common shares and common share equivalents outstanding |  |  | 46,877 |  |  |  | 47,524 |  |  |  | 49,580 |

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