On January 1, 2017, Seven Wonders Inc. signed a five-year noncancelable lease with Moss Company. The lease calls for five payments of $277,409.44 to be made at the end of each year. The leased asset has a fair value of $1,200,000 on January 1, 2017. Seven Wonders cannot renew the lease, there is no bargain purchase option, and ownership of the leased asset reverts to Moss at the lease end. The leased asset has an expected useful life of six years, and Seven Wonders uses straight-line depreciation for financial reporting purposes. Its incremental borrowing rate is 12%. Mosss implicit rate of return on the lease is unknown. Seven Wonders uses a calendar year for financial reporting purposes. Both companies use ASC 840 to account for leases. Use tables (PV of 1, PVAD of 1, and PVOA of 1) (Use the appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

Required:

2. Prepare an amortization schedule for the lease liability.
3. Prepare the journal entry to record.

1. The lease as a capital lease on January 1, 2017.

2. The lease payments on December 31, 2017 and 2018.

3. The leased assets depreciation in 2017 and 2018.

4. What is the total amount of expense reported on Seven Wonders 2017 income statement from the lease?