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Allowance for Doubtful Debts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

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23. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowance for doubtful accounts is based on the Company’s assessment of the collectability of customer accounts. A rollforward of allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:

		Charged (credited) to
		Beginning		Bad Debt		Charged to				Ending
		Balance		Expense (Recoveries)		Allowance (1)		Other (2)		Balance
		(in thousands)
Year ended December 31, 2017	$	301		(57)		(68)		17	$	193
Year ended December 31, 2018	$	193		28		13		98	$	332
(1) Consists of accounts written off, net of recoveries.
(2) For 2018 this amount consists of an addition to the allowance of $103,000 due to business combination as well as the effect of currency translation. For 2017, this amount consists solely of the effect of currency translation.

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The entire disclosure for the rollforward for allowance for doubtful debts for the three years ending the latest reporting date

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