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SCHEDULE II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 03, 2015
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | Kadant Inc. Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (In thousands)
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Provision Charged to Expense (Income) |  | Accounts Recovered |  | Accounts Written Off |  | Currency Translation |  | Balance at End of Year
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended January 3, 2015 |  | $ | 2,689 |  |  | $ | 246 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | (590 | ) |  | $ | (162 | ) |  | $ | 2,198 |
Year Ended December 28, 2013 |  | $ | 2,306 |  |  | $ | 374 |  |  | $ | 109 |  |  | $ | (152 | ) |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 2,689 |
Year Ended December 29, 2012 |  | $ | 2,308 |  |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | (56 | ) |  | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | 2,306 |
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Provision Charged to Expense (Income) |  | Activity Charged to Reserve |  | Currency Translation |  | Balance at End of Year
Accrued Restructuring Costs (a) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended January 3, 2015 |  | $ | 550 |  |  | $ | 805 |  |  | $ | (1,113 | ) |  | $ | (139 | ) |  | $ | 103 |
Year Ended December 28, 2013 |  | $ | 254 |  |  | $ | 1,843 |  |  | $ | (1,394 | ) |  | $ | (153 | ) |  | $ | 550 |
Year Ended December 29, 2012 |  | $ | 762 |  |  | $ | (75 | ) |  | $ | (438 | ) |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 254 |
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(a) | The nature of the activity in this account is described in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements.

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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 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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