Gemstone Products 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 $2016$ and $2015$ fiscal years included the following $($$ in thousands$)$:

Current assets:

Receivables, less allowances of $$132,960$ in $2016$ and

$$88,560$ in $2015$

$$461,300$$$441,200$

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

Assume that the company reported bad debt expense in $2016$ of $$192,200$ and had products returned for credit totaling $$187,180$

$($sales price$).$ Net sales for $2016$ were $$5,638,800($ $ in thousands$).$

Required:

What is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of $2016$ and $2015?$

What amount of accounts receivable did Gemstone write off during $2016?$

What is the amount of Gemstone's gross sales for the $2016$ fiscal year?

Assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash Gemstone collected from customers during the

$2016$ fiscal year?