On December 31, 2015, Kuhn Corporation leased a plane from Bell Company for an eight-year period expiring December 30, 2022. Equal annual payments of $300,000 are due on December 31 of each year, beginning with December 31, 2015. The lease is properly classified as a capital lease on Kuhns books. The present value at December 31, 2015 of the eight lease payments over the lease term discounted at 10% is $1,760,528. Assuming the first payment is made on time, the amount that should be reported by Kuhn Corporation as the lease liability on its December 31, 2015 balance sheet is:

a. $1,760,528.

b. $1,636,580

c. $1,584,476.

d. $1,460,528.