Avon Products, Inc., located in New York City, is one of the worlds 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):

	2015			2014
Current assets:
Receivables, less allowances of $86,700 in 2015 and $106,900 in 2014	$	443,000			$515,600

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

	Year Ended
	2015				2014
	(In thousands)
Calculation of account receivables, net:
Receivables	$	529,700				$622,500
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts		(77,600	)			(93,700	)
Less: reserve for product returns		(9,100	)			(13,200	)
Trade accounts receivable, net:	$	443,000				515,600

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 (all numbers 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 Avons 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?

What is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2015 and 2014? (Enter your answers in thousands.) 2015 2014 Accounts receivable (gross)