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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES |
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES | SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES ARCBEST CORPORATION ​ ​
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​ | ​ | Balances at | ​ | Additions | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Balances at | ​
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Description |  | Period |  | and Expenses |  | Other Accounts |  | Deductions |  | Period |
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Year Ended December 31, 2019 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Deducted from asset accounts: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and revenue adjustments | ​ | $ | 7,380 | ​ | $ | 1,223 | ​ | $ | (245) | (a) | $ | 2,910 | (b) | $ | 5,448 | ​
Allowance for other accounts receivable | ​ | $ | 806 | ​ | $ | (330) | (c) | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 476 | ​
Allowance for deferred tax assets | ​ | $ | 53 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | (615) | (d) | $ | 668 | ​
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Year Ended December 31, 2018 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Deducted from asset accounts: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and revenue adjustments | ​ | $ | 7,657 | ​ | $ | 2,336 | ​ | $ | 863 | (a) | $ | 3,476 | (b) | $ | 7,380 | ​
Allowance for other accounts receivable | ​ | $ | 921 | ​ | $ | (115) | (c) | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 806 | ​
Allowance for deferred tax assets | ​ | $ | 844 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 791 | (d) | $ | 53 | ​
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Year Ended December 31, 2017 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Deducted from asset accounts: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and revenue adjustments | ​ | $ | 5,437 | ​ | $ | 4,081 | ​ | $ | 2,416 | (a) | $ | 4,277 | (b) | $ | 7,657 | ​
Allowance for other accounts receivable | ​ | $ | 849 | ​ | $ | 72 | (c) | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 921 | ​
Allowance for deferred tax assets | ​ | $ | 293 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | (551) | (d) | $ | 844 | ​
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Note a – | Change in allowance due to recoveries of amounts previously written off and adjustment of revenue.
Note b – | Uncollectible accounts written off.
Note c – | Charged / (credited) to workers’ compensation expense.
Note d – | Decrease (increase) in allowance due to changes in expectation of realization of certain state net operating losses and state deferred tax assets (see Note E to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K).

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