Avon Products, Inc., located in New York City, is one of the world's largest producers of beauty and related products. The company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2015 and 2014 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands):

A disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands):

Assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2015 of $144,100 and had products returned for credit totaling $6,800 (sales price). Net sales for 2015 were $6,076,500 ($ in thousands).
Required:
1. What is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2015 and 2014?
2. What amount of accounts receivable did Avon write off during 2015?
3. What is the amount of Avon's gross sales for the 2015 fiscal year?
4. Assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash Avon collected from customers during the 2015 fiscal year?

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2015 2014 Current assets: Receivables, less allowances of $86,700 in $515,600 2015 and $106,900 in 2014 Year Ended 2015 2014 Calculation of account recelvables, net: Receivables Less: allowance for doubtful accounts Less: reserve for product returns $529,700 (77,600) $622,500 (93,700) (13,200) $515,600 Trade accounts receivable, net: $443,000