Accounts Receivable (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Receivables [Abstract]

Company's Accounts Receivable and Securitized Accounts Receivable

The Company’s accounts receivable and securitized accounts receivable include the following at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):

	March 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
Gross domestic accounts receivable	$	746,954		$	668,154
Gross domestic securitized accounts receivable	942,000			886,000
Gross foreign receivables	974,699			817,624
Total gross receivables	2,663,653			2,371,778
Less allowance for doubtful accounts	(66,194		)	(59,963		)
Net accounts and securitized accounts receivable	$	2,597,459		$	2,311,815

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):

	2019			2018
Allowance for doubtful accounts beginning of period	$	59,963		$	46,031
Provision for bad debts	22,164			11,997
Write-offs	(15,933		)	(9,039		)
Allowance for doubtful accounts end of period	$	66,194		$	48,989