Lululemon shows the following information on its $2015$ income statement: sales $=$ $$120,000$; costs $=$ $$60,000$; other expenses $$4,000$; depreciation expense $=$ $$10,000$; interest expense $=$ $$8,000$; taxes $=$ $$12,000$; and dividends $=$ $$4,000.$ In addition, the firm issued $$1,000$ in new equity and retired $$5,000$ in long$-$term debt in $2015.$

What is the $2015$ cash flow to creditors? Please do not use AI as it comes back with the wrong answer.