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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2019
Receivables [Abstract] |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts The allowance for doubtful accounts includes reserves for collectability determined by past credit history with customers, their current financial condition and their expected deductions. Changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts are summarized below (in thousands):
Description | Balances at Beginning of Period |  | Charged/ (Credited) to Costs and Expenses |  | Asset Write-Offs, Less Recoveries |  | Reclassification of Product Return Reserve |  | Balances at End of Period
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017 | 21,069 |  |  | 2,921 |  |  | (2,554 | ) |  | — |  |  | 21,436 |
Fiscal Year Ended September 29, 2018 | 21,436 |  |  | 2,132 |  |  | 557 |  |  | — |  |  | 24,125 |
Fiscal Year Ended September 28, 2019 | 24,125 |  |  | 6,906 |  |  | (3,438 | ) |  | (6,465 | ) |  | 21,128 |
The allowance for doubtful accounts includes reserves for expected returns of $6.5 million and $6.9 million as of September 29, 2018, and September 30, 2017, respectively. The Company began recording reserves for expected returns as part of accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheet upon its adoption of ASC Topic 606. Accordingly, $6.5 million was reclassified out of the allowance for doubtful accounts at the beginning of the Company's first fiscal quarter of 2019.

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