Liberty Broadband Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Receivables

Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Receivables

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Receivables

Receivables consist of the following at December 31, 2016 and 2015 (amounts in thousands):



	2016		2015
Trade	$	218,491	205,645
Other	1,303		2,739
Total receivables	$	219,794	208,384

As described in Note 1 of this Form 10-K we receive support from each of the various USF programs: high cost, low income, rural health care, and schools and libraries. This support was 24%, 19%, and 19% of our revenue for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. We had USF net receivables of $92.0 million and $98.1 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Changes in the allowance for doubtful receivables during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 are summarized below (amounts in thousands):



			Additions		Deductions
Description	Balance at beginning of year		Charged to costs and expenses	Charged to other accounts	Write-offs net of recoveries	Balance at end of year
December 31, 2016	$	3,630	8,516	—	7,739	4,407
December 31, 2015	$	4,542	6,359	—	7,271	3,630
December 31, 2014	$	2,346	3,994	—	1,798	4,542

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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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