Metro Company, a dealer in machinery and equipment, leased equipment to Sands, Inc., on July 1, 2015. The lease is appropriately accounted for as a sales-type lease by Metro and as a capital lease by Sands. The lease is for a 8-year period (the useful life of the asset) expiring June 30, 2023. The first of 8 equal annual payments of $552,000 was made on July 1, 2015. Metro had purchased the equipment for $3,500,000 on January 1, 2015, and established a list selling price of $4,800,000 on the equipment. Assume that the present value at July 1, 2015, of the rent payments over the lease term discounted at 6% (the appropriate interest rate) was $4,000,000.

Assuming that Sands, Inc. uses straight-line depreciation, what is the amount of depreciation and interest expense that Sands should record for the year ended December 31, 2015?

a. $400,000 and $206,880

b. $250,000 and $103,440

c. $250,000 and $206,880

d. $240,000 and $103,440