(in millions) | Balance at Beginning of Period | Charged to Costs and Expenses (2) | Charged to Other Accounts (3) | Deductions (4) | Balance at End of Period | ||||||||||||||
Fiscal 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable | $ | 126 | $ | 40 | $ | 2 | $ | (34 | ) | $ | 134 | ||||||||
Finance notes receivable | 16 | 1 | — | — | 17 | ||||||||||||||
Other | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 143 | $ | 41 | $ | 2 | $ | (34 | ) | $ | 152 | |||||||||
Fiscal 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable | $ | 134 | $ | 22 | $ | 1 | $ | (31 | ) | $ | 126 | ||||||||
Finance notes receivable | 15 | — | — | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
Other | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 150 | $ | 22 | $ | 1 | $ | (30 | ) | $ | 143 | |||||||||
Fiscal 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable | $ | 123 | $ | 23 | $ | 5 | $ | (17 | ) | $ | 134 | ||||||||
Finance notes receivable | 16 | 4 | — | (5 | ) | 15 | |||||||||||||
Other | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 140 | $ | 27 | $ | 5 | $ | (22 | ) | $ | 150 | |||||||||
(1) | Amounts included herein pertain to the continuing operations of the Company. |
(2) | Fiscal 2013 includes $10 million for reserves related to customer pricing disputes, excluded from provision for bad debts on the consolidated statements of cash flows and classified as a reduction in gross margin in the consolidated statements of earnings. |
(3) | Recoveries of amounts provided for or written off in prior years were $1 million for both fiscal 2013 and 2012, respectively. |
(4) | Write-off of uncollectible accounts. |