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Schedule II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2018
Schedule II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Abstract] |
Schedule II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | Schedule II JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED APRIL 30, 2018, 2017, AND 2016 (Dollars in thousands)
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Charged to Expenses and Other |  |  | Deductions From Reserves(2) |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Year Ended April 30, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for Sales Returns (1) |  | $ | 24,300 |  |  | $ | (3,486 | ) |  | $ | 2,186 |  |  | $ | 18,628 |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  | $ | 7,186 |  |  | $ | 5,439 |  |  | $ | 2,518 |  |  | $ | 10,107 |
Allowance for Inventory Obsolescence |  | $ | 21,096 |  |  | $ | 9,182 |  |  | $ | 12,085 |  |  | $ | 18,193 |
Year Ended April 30, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for Sales Returns (1) |  | $ | 19,861 |  |  | $ | 53,482 |  |  | $ | 49,043 |  |  | $ | 24,300 |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  | $ | 7,254 |  |  | $ | 2,913 |  |  | $ | 2,981 |  |  | $ | 7,186 |
Allowance for Inventory Obsolescence |  | $ | 21,968 |  |  | $ | 9,538 |  |  | $ | 10,410 |  |  | $ | 21,096 |
Year Ended April 30, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for Sales Returns (1) |  | $ | 25,340 |  |  | $ | 56,094 |  |  | $ | 61,573 |  |  | $ | 19,861 |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  | $ | 8,290 |  |  | $ | 698 |  |  | $ | 1,734 |  |  | $ | 7,254 |
Allowance for Inventory Obsolescence |  | $ | 21,901 |  |  | $ | 15,167 |  |  | $ | 15,100 |  |  | $ | 21,968 |
(1) | Allowance for Sales Returns represents anticipated returns net of a recovery of inventory and royalty costs. The provision is reported as a reduction of gross sales to arrive at revenue and the reserve balance is reported as a reduction of Accounts Receivable with a corresponding increase in Inventories and a reduction in Royalties Payable (See Note 2).
(2) | Deductions from reserves include foreign exchange translation adjustments, accounts written off, less recoveries and items removed from inventory.

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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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