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Selected Financial Statement Data | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 29, 2017
Selected Financial Statement Data [Abstract] |
Selected Financial Statement Data | Note 6. Selected Financial Statement Data Inventories consisted of the following:
| April 29, 2017 |  | April 30, 2016
Raw materials | $ | 24,801 |  |  | $ | 28,184 |
Work-in-process | 7,366 |  |  | 6,158 |
Finished goods | 34,319 |  |  | 35,485 |
| $ | 66,486 |  |  | $ | 69,827 |
Inventories are reported net of the allowance for excess and obsolete inventory of $4,967 and $4,975 as of April 29, 2017 and April 30, 2016, respectively. Property and equipment consisted of the following:
| April 29, 2017 |  | April 30, 2016
Land | $ | 2,099 |  |  | $ | 2,155 |
Buildings | 65,935 |  |  | 65,247 |
Machinery and equipment | 84,189 |  |  | 82,973 |
Office furniture and equipment | 5,604 |  |  | 14,746 |
Computer software and hardware | 51,523 |  |  | 48,917 |
Equipment held for rental | 374 |  |  | 374 |
Demonstration equipment | 7,109 |  |  | 8,026 |
Transportation equipment | 7,108 |  |  | 6,596 |
| 223,941 |  |  | 229,034 |
Less accumulated depreciation | 157,192 |  |  | 155,871 |
| $ | 66,749 |  |  | $ | 73,163 |
Our depreciation expense was $16,732, $16,561, and $14,764 for the fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively. In the fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, the pretax impairment charges for property and equipment were immaterial. The impairment charges were related to equipment obsoleted due to technology improvements or to custom demo equipment with no resale value. These impairment charges were included primarily in product development and selling expense in the consolidated statements of operations. Accrued expenses consisted of the following:
| April 29, 2017 |  | April 30, 2016
Compensation | $ | 12,732 |  |  | $ | 12,065 |
Taxes, other than income taxes | 3,878 |  |  | 3,969 |
Other | 8,423 |  |  | 7,498 |
| $ | 25,033 |  |  | $ | 23,532 |
Other (expense) income, net consisted of the following:
| Year Ended
| April 29, 2017 |  | April 30, 2016 |  | May 2, 2015
Foreign currency transaction losses | $ | (331 | ) |  | $ | (326 | ) |  | $ | (514 | )
Equity in losses of affiliates | (136 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Other | 113 |  |  | 198 |  |  | 16 |
| $ | (354 | ) |  | $ | (128 | ) |  | $ | (498 | )

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