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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

STAR GROUP, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Schedule II

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

Years Ended September 30, 2017, 2016 and 2015

(in thousands)

Year		Description		Balance at Beginning of Year				Charged to Costs & Expenses				Other Changes Add (Deduct)		Balance at End of Year
2017		Allowance for doubtful accounts		$	4,419			$	1,639			$ (518)(a)		$	5,540
2016		Allowance for doubtful accounts		$	6,713			$	(639	)		$(1,655)(a)		$	4,419
2015		Allowance for doubtful accounts		$	9,220			$	3,738			$(6,245)(a)		$	6,713

^(a)  Bad debts written off (net of recoveries).

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- Definition

The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (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.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369

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