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Allowance for credit losses
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Allowance for credit losses  
Allowance for credit losses

Note 11 – Allowance for Credit Losses

As described in Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, the January 1, 2020 adoption of ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, amended our accounting policies for the allowance for credit losses.

The change in the allowance for credit losses during the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:

in thousands

Balance at December 31, 2019

$

2,524

Impact of ASU 2016-13 adoption

288

Balance at January 1, 2020

2,812

Provision

2,306

Write-offs

(994)

Net foreign currency translation

11

Balance at December 31, 2020

$

4,135

A higher allowance for credit losses was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2020 primarily due to the adverse impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on factors that affect our estimate of future credit losses.