The $2020$ balance sheet of Osaka's Tennis Shop, Incorporated, showed long$-$term debt of $$6\mathrm{.}2$ million, and the $2021$ balance sheet showed long$-$term debt of $$6\mathrm{.}6$ million. The $2021$ income statement showed an interest expense of $$170,000.$ What was the firm's cash flow to creditors during $2021?($A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e$.$g$.,1,234,567.)$

Cash flow to creditors