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038 - Disclosure - Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Tables)
(http://liqtech.com/20161231/role/statement-schedule-ii-valuation-and-qualifying-accounts-tables)
TableStatement [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0001307579 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Scenario [Axis]Scenario, Unspecified [Domain]
Statement [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Notes Tables
 
Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Table Text Block]
   
Balance
Beginning
of Year
    
Charges to
Costs and
Expenses
    
Deductions
(1)
    
Balance
End of
Year
  
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
                                
Allowance for inventory obsolescence
   $
606,504
     $
824,958
     $
(10,117
)
   $
1,421,345
  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    
1,087,871
      
1,437,949
      
(397,368
)
    
2,128,452
  
Totals
   $
1,694,375
     $
2,262,907
     $
(407,485
)
   $
3,549,797
  
   
Balance
Beginning
of Year
    
Charges to
Costs and
Expenses
    
Deductions
(1)
    
Balance
End of
Year
  
Year Ended December 31,
2015
                                
Allowance for inventory obsolescence
   $
449,098
     $
174,143
     $
(16,737
)
   $
606,504
  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    
1,654,290
      
(80,729
)
    
(485,690
)
    
1,087,871
  
Totals
   $
2,103,388
     $
93,414
     $
(502,427
)
   $
1,694,375
  
  
Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]
   
201
6
    
201
5
  
Allowance for doubtful accounts at the beginning of the period
   $
1,087,871
     $
1,654,290
  
Bad debt expense
    
1,437,949
      
80,729
  
Amount of receivables written off
    
(252,792
)
    
(398,083
)
Effect of currency translation
    
(144,576
)
    
(249,065
)
Allowance for doubtful accounts at the end of the period
   $
2,128,452
     $
1,087,871