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Schedule II-Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 01, 2016
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II-Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. Schedule II-Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Fiscal 2017: | Beginning of period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Other Additions |  | Other Deductions |  | End of period
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 506 |  |  | $ | (136 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (291 | ) | (1) | $ | 79 |
Inventory reserve | $ | 21,080 |  |  | $ | 10,925 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (7,366 | ) | (2) | $ | 24,639 |
Valuation allowance for deferred taxes | $ | 27,381 |  |  | $ | — |  | (3) | $ | 2,233 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 29,614 |
Fiscal 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 621 |  |  | $ | (115 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  | (1) | $ | 506 |
Inventory reserve | $ | 19,073 |  |  | $ | 6,676 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (4,669 | ) | (2) | $ | 21,080 |
Valuation allowance for deferred taxes | $ | 23,128 |  |  | $ | 563 |  | (3) | $ | 3,690 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 27,381 |
Fiscal 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 143 |  |  | $ | 478 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  | (1) | $ | 621 |
Inventory reserve | $ | 13,863 |  |  | $ | 3,978 |  |  | $ | 7,696 |  |  | $ | (6,464 | ) | (2) | $ | 19,073 |
Valuation allowance for deferred taxes | $ | 24,624 |  |  | $ | — |  | (3) | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,496 | ) |  | $ | 23,128 |
(1) | Represents write-offs of specific accounts receivable.
(2) | Sale or scrap of previously reserved inventory.
(3) | Reflects increase/decrease in the valuation allowance primarily associated with the Company's U.S. and foreign net operating losses and other deferred tax assets.

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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 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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