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Table of Contents
SCHEDULE II
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Additions/
(Deductions)
Charged/ Charged/
Balance at (Credited) to (Credited) Balance
Beginning Costs and to Other at End
Description of Period Expenses Accounts(1) Deductions(2) of Period
(in millions)
Reserves and allowances deducted from assets
to which they apply:
Allowance for doubtful accounts(3)
Year ended March 31, 2005 $116 $(25) $(2) $(21) $68
Year ended March 31, 2004 $244 $ (53) $ (2) $ (73) $ 116
Year ended March 31, 2003 $412 $68 $(45) $(191)(4) $244
(1) Reserves and
adjustments thereto
of acquired and
divested operations.
(2) Write-offs of
amounts against
allowance provided.
(3) The Company
expects the
allowance for
doubtful accounts to
continue to decline
as net installment
accounts receivable
under the prior
business model are
billed and collected
over the remaining
life. Under the
Company’ s
Business Model,
cash is often
received prior to
revenue
recognition, thus
reducing the need to
provide for
estimated bad debt
associated with
recorded revenue.
(4) Fiscal year 2003
deductions include
a reclassification of
approximately
$14 million of
deferred revenue
related to the