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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block]

SCHEDULE II

RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES

Fiscal Years Ended December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011

 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)

Column A		Column B				Column C				Column D				Column E
Description		Balance at Beginning of Period				Charged to Costs and Expenses				Deduction				Balance at End of Period
Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2012
Allowance for doubtful   accounts on trade receivables		$	1,455			$	150			$	398			$	1,207
Provision for contingencies for   legal matters		$	340			$	25			$	190			$	175
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011
Allowance for doubtful   accounts on trade receivables		$	1,291			$	311			$	147			$	1,455
Provision for contingencies for   legal matters		$	638			$	271			$	569			$	340

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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 SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 09

-Article 12



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690

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