Assume that on December $31,2024,$ Kimberly$-$Clark Corp. signs a $10-$year, non$-$cancelable lease agreement to lease a storage building from Sandhill Storage Company. The following information pertains to this lease agreement.

The agreement requires equal rental payments of $$66,999$ beginning on December $31,2024.$

The fair value of the building on December $31,2024,$ is $$490,629.$

The building has an estimated economic life of $12$ years, a guaranteed residual value of $$11,000,$ and an expected residual value of $$8,100.$ Kimberly$-$Clark depreciates similar buildings on the straight$-$line method.

The lease is nonrenewable. At the termination of the lease, the building reverts to the lessor.

Kimberly$-$Clark's incremental borrowing rate is $8\%$ per year. The lessor's implicit rate is not known by Kimberly$-$Clark.

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Prepare the journal entries on the lessee's books to reflect the signing of the lease agreement and to record the payments and expenses related to this lease for the years $2024,2025,$ and $2026.$ Kimberly$-$Clark's fiscal year$-$end is December $31.($List all debit entries before credit entries. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually, If no entry is required, select $"$No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. Round answers to O decimal places e$.$g$.5,275.)$

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