Table:
|  |  | Charged |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | (credited) |  |  |  |
|  | Balance at | to costs |  |  | Balance at |
|  | beginning | and |  |  | end of |
|  | of year | expenses | Deductions | Other | year |
| Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fiscal 2017 | 622 | 541 | (201) | - | 962 |
| Fiscal 2018 | 962 | 685 | (461) | - | 1,186 |
| Fiscal 2019 | 1,186 | 1,230 | (660) |  | 1,756 |
| Warranty reserve: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fiscal 2017 (1) | 1,892 | 1,305 | (2,562) | 5,883 | 6,518 |
| Fiscal 2018 | 6,518 | 1,331 | (2,115) | - | 5,734 |
| Fiscal 2019 | 5,734 | 1,126 | (5,462) |  | 1,398 |
| Deferred tax assets valuation allowance: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fiscal 2017 (1) | 1,618 | 1,391 | - | 3,578 | 6,587 |
| Fiscal 2018 (2) | 6,587 | - | (4,835) | 15,092 | 16,844 |
| Fiscal 2019 | 16,844 | 799 | (6,714) | - | 10,929 |
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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Following is our schedule of valuation and qualifying accounts for the last three years (in thousands):
(1) Amounts under “Other” represent the reserves and valuation allowance assumed in acquisition of LoJack.
The warranty reserve is included in the Other Current Liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2) Amount under “Other” represents the valuation allowance previously netted against deferred tax assets of foreign net deferred tax assets not recorded on the balance sheet, which were disclosed narratively in the fiscal 2018 Form 10-K (see Note 12). Deferred tax assets and valuation allowances were grossed up by $15.1 million.
Question:
What was the allowance for doubtful accounts balance at the beginning of fiscal year 2019?
Answer: 1,186