Please help me prepare a classified income statement based on the following. I am having a hard time figuring out whether interest expense should go under the operating expenses section.

Pool Corporation is the world's largest wholes ale distributor of swimming pool supplies and equipment. It is a publicly traded corporation which trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol POOL. It sells these products to swimming pool repair and service businesses like Penny's Pool Service&Supply swimming pool builders, and retail swimming pool stores. The majority of these customers are small family-owned businesses like Penny's. Its trial balance and additional information adapted from a recent year ended December 31 are presented below. All numbers are in thousands Cash and cash equivalents Receivables, net Product inventories, net Prepaid expenses and other current assets Property and equipment, net Intangible assets Other noncurrent assets, net Accounts payable Accrued expenses and other current liabilities Current portion of long-term debt Long-term debt Other long-term liabilities Common stock Additional paid-in capital Retained earnings Net sales Cost of sales Selling and administrative expenses Interest expense Provision for income taxes $ 19,387 112.055 387,924 23,485 42,124 189,841 30,686 $177,937 53,698 248,300 40,919 67 173,680 34.826 1,803,318 2 2 1,266,728 407,073 7,855 45,619 $2,532,777 $2,532,777