Accounts Receivable (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Company's Accounts Receivable and Securitized Accounts Receivable

The Company’s accounts receivable and securitized accounts receivable include the following at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):



	March 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
Gross domestic accounts receivable	$	829,905		$	661,677
Gross domestic securitized accounts receivable	829,000			811,000
Gross foreign receivables	910,846			804,365
Total gross receivables	2,569,751			2,277,042
Less allowance for doubtful accounts	(48,989		)	(46,031		)
Net accounts and securitized accounts receivable	$	2,520,762		$	2,231,011

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Related to Accounts Receivable

A rollforward of the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts related to accounts receivable for the three month period ended March 31 is as follows (in thousands):



	2018			2017
Allowance for doubtful accounts beginning of period	$	46,031		$	32,506
Provision for bad debts	11,997			12,988
Write-offs	(9,039		)	(4,509		)
Allowance for doubtful accounts end of period	$	48,989		$	40,985