Georgia Jingles had the following listed on its $2023$ financial statements: sales of $$95,268,$ costs of $$51,300,$ depreciation of $$9,800,$ paid $$11,330$ in interest and dividends paid of $$5,200.$ The tax rate is $30\%.$ Georgia Jingles had a total of retained earning balance of $43,500$ at the end of $2023.$ What was the retained earnings balance at the beginning of $2023($rounded to the nearest dollar$)?$