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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND RELATED ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Receivables [Abstract] |
Schedule of accounts receivable balances and reserve for doubtful amount |
|  | Net Accounts Receivable
|  | December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Accounts receivable |  | $ | 359,456 |  | $ | 346,264
Allowance for doubtful accounts and sales reserve |  |  | (16,690) |  |  | (4,275)
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and sales reserves |  | $ | 342,766 |  | $ | 341,989
Schedule of changes in allowance for doubtful accounts |
Changes In Allowance For Doubtful Accounts
|  |  |  |  | Additions |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance At |  | Charged To |  | Deductions |  | Balance At
|  | Beginning |  | Costs And |  | From |  | End Of
Year Ended |  | Of Year |  | Expenses |  | Reserves |  | Year
|  | (amounts in thousands)
December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 3,885 |  | $ | 8,909 |  | $ | (3,375) |  | $ | 9,419
December 31, 2017 |  |  | 2,137 |  |  | 3,715 |  |  | (1,967) |  |  | 3,885
December 31, 2016 |  |  | 2,134 |  |  | 1,330 |  |  | (1,327) |  |  | 2,137
Schedule of Changes in Allowance for Sales Reserves |
Changes in Allowance for Sales Reserves
|  | Balance At |  | Additions | Deductions |  | Balance At
|  | Beginning |  | Charged To | From |  | End Of
Year Ended |  | Of Year |  | Revenues | Reserves |  | Year
|  | (amounts in thousands)
December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 390 |  | $ | 14,254 | $ |  | (7,373) |  | $ | 7,271
December 31, 2017 |  |  | - |  |  | 390 |  |  | - |  |  | 390

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the various types of trade accounts and notes receivable and for each the gross carrying value, allowance, and net carrying value as of the balance sheet date. Presentation is categorized by current, noncurrent and unclassified receivables. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3,4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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