Question

1. Five payments of $26,379.74 (a 9% implicit rate) due at the end each year.
2. The fair value of the tractor is $100,000.
3. The lease is nonrenewable and the tractor reverts to Star at the end of the lease term.
4. The tractor has a six-year economic life.
5. Hatfield has an excellent credit rating.
6. Star offers no warranty on the tractor other than the manufacturer's two-year warranty that is handled directly with the manufacturer.

On January 1, 2011, Lessee Corporation entered into a ten-year lease. The lease terms required annual year-end payments of $160,000. The lease agreement does not contain either a bargain purchase option or a transfer of title. The fair value of the equipment at the inception of the lease was $1,100,000; estimated life of the leased assets was fourteen years. Lessee Corporation's incremental borrowing rate was 10%; the implicit rate of interest, known to the lessee, was 12%. Applicable time value of money values are as follows:
Lessee Corporation should initially capitalize the lease at what amount?
A. $0, the lease should not be capitalized
B. $983,040
C. $1,081,440
D. $904,000

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