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Allowance Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Allowance Accounts | Note 19 — Allowance Accounts The following table sets forth the activity in our valuation accounts for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019 (in thousands):
| Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts |  | Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance
Balance at December 31, 2016 | $ | 1,778 |  |  | $ | 3,771 |
Additions (1) (3) | 1,206 |  |  | 2,788 |
Deductions (2) | (232 | ) |  | — |
Adjustments (4) | — |  |  | 5,778 |
Balance at December 31, 2017 | 2,752 |  |  | 12,337 |
Deductions (2) | (2,752 | ) |  | — |
Adjustments (5) | — |  |  | 5,603 |
Balance at December 31, 2018 | — |  |  | 17,940 |
Adjustments (5) | — |  |  | 691 |
Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 18,631 |
(1) | The increase in allowance for uncollectible accounts primarily reflects charges associated with the provision for uncertain collection of a portion of our existing trade receivables related to our Robotics segment.
(2) | The decrease in allowance for uncollectible accounts reflects the write-offs of trade receivables that are either settled or deemed uncollectible.
(3) | The addition of a deferred tax asset valuation allowance reflects management’s view that we will not be able to fully realize our foreign tax credits available from 2015 within the carryforward period.
(4) | The increase in valuation allowance primarily reflects additional net operating losses in our Robotics segment in the U.K. for which insufficient future taxable income exists to offset the losses.
(5) | The increase in valuation allowance primarily reflects additional net operating losses in our Robotics segment in the U.K. for which insufficient future taxable income exists to offset the losses.
See Note 2 for a detailed discussion regarding our accounting policy on accounts receivable and allowance for uncollectible accounts and Note 9 for a detailed discussion of the valuation allowance related to our deferred tax assets.

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