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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Notes Tables

Summary of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Table Text Block]

		Balance at Beginning of Perio d				Charged to Profit and Los s				Deduction from Reserve s				Balance at End of Perio d
Year Ended December 31, 2017 :
Allowance for doubtful account s		$	515			$	637			$	(675	)		$	477
Valuation allowance for deferred tax asset s			8,217				2,196				-				10,413
Year Ended December 31, 2016 :
Allowance for doubtful account s		$	751	(1)		$	295			$	(531	)		$	515
Valuation allowance for deferred tax asset s			7,057				1,160				-				8,217
Year Ended December 31, 2015 :
Allowance for doubtful account s		$	755	(1)		$	416			$	(420	)		$	751	(1)
Valuation allowance for deferred tax asset s			1,858				5,217				(18	)			7,057

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A schedule of allowance and reserve accounts including their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period. Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements.

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