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Note 15 - Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

12 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]

15    ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

Valuation and qualifying account information related to the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable related to continuing operations is as follows:

(Thousands of Dollars)		2020				2019				2018
Balance, beginning of year			6,434				4,806				4,796
Additions charged to expense			8,607				2,751				1,952
Deductions from reserves			(1,610	)			(1,123	)			(1,942	)
Balance, end of year			13,431				6,434				4,806

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The entire disclosure for claims held for amounts due a entity, excluding financing receivables. Examples include, but are not limited to, trade accounts receivables, notes receivables, loans receivables. Includes disclosure for allowance for credit losses.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2196772

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