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Credit Losses
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2023
Credit Loss [Abstract]  
Credit Losses Credit Losses
The rollforward of our allowance for credit losses related to trade accounts receivable, which is recorded in trade accounts receivable, less allowance in the consolidated balance sheet, is as follows (in millions of dollars):

December Year to Date
202220212020
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance$9.4 $9.8 $9.7 
Impact of adopting ASC 326— — 0.3 
Current period provision1.3 1.3 2.0 
Currency exchange effects(0.2)(0.5)0.1 
Write-offs(2.8)(1.2)(2.3)
Ending balance$7.7 $9.4 $9.8 

Write-offs are presented net of recoveries, which were not material for December year to date 2022, 2021 and 2020.

We were engaged in litigation with a customer over a disputed accounts receivable balance for certain services rendered more than five years ago, which had been recorded as a long-term receivable in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet. In September 2020, a ruling was issued in favor of the customer, which we appealed. Upon receiving the ruling, we increased our allowance for credit losses by $9.2 million in the third quarter of 2020 to reflect the likelihood of collection, which was recorded in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet. The related allowance for credit losses on this long-term customer receivable was $10.9 million as of year-end 2020 and represented the likelihood of collection. In September 2021, a final
ruling in the case was entered in favor of the customer. As a result, in the third quarter of 2021, we wrote off the entire receivable balance with this customer, including $0.6 million not previously reserved. The unreserved portion was recorded in SG&A expenses in the consolidated statements of earnings. The rollforward of our allowance for credit losses related to the long-term customer receivable, which was recorded in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet, is as follows (in millions of dollars):

December Year to Date
20212020
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance$10.9 $1.0 
  Impact of adopting ASC 326— 0.7 
  Current period provision0.6 9.5 
  Currency exchange effects— (0.3)
Write-offs(11.5)— 
Ending Balance$— $10.9 

There were no long-term customer receivables in 2022. No allowances related to other receivables were material for December year to date 2022, 2021 and 2020.