Skysong Corporation, a publicly traded company, is preparing the interim financial data which it willissue to its stockholders and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at the end of the first quarter of the 2017–2018 fiscal year. Snider’s financial accounting department has compiled the following summarized revenue and expense data for the first quarter of the year.
Sales revenue $27,020,000
Cost of goods sold 17,080,000
Variable selling expenses 530,000
Fixed selling expenses 1,400,000

Included in the fixed selling expenses was the single lump-sum payment of $1,060,000 for television advertisements for the entire year. Skysong Corporation must issue its quarterly financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles regarding interim financial reporting.