The Cullumber Chemical Corporation announced that, for the period ending March $31,2017,$ it had earned income after taxes of $$2,768,466\mathrm{.}25$ on revenues of $$13,144,000.$ The company's costs $($excluding depreciation and amortization$)$ amounted to $61$ percent of sales, and it had interest expenses of $$392,168.$ What is the firm's depreciation and amortization expense if its average tax rate is $34$ percent? $($Round answer to $2$ decimal places e$.$g$.15\mathrm{.}25.)$

Depreciation and amortization