The December $31,2021,$ balance sheet of Chen, Incorporated, showed $$130,000$ in the common stock account and $$2\mathrm{.}34$ million in the additional paid$-$in surplus account. The December $31,2022,$ balance sheet showed $$147,000$ and $$2\mathrm{.}65$ million in the same two accounts, respectively. The company paid out $$168,500$ in cash dividends during $2022.$ What was the cash flow to stockholders for the year?

Note: A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e$.$g$.,1,234,567.$