On January 1, 2020, Bridgeport Company contracts to lease equipment for 5 years, agreeing to make a payment of $150,642 at the beginning of each year, starting January 1, 2020. The leased equipment is to be capitalized at $618,000. The asset is to be amortized on a double-declining-balance basis, and the obligation is to be reduced on an effective-interest basis. Bridgeports incremental borrowing rate is 6%, and the implicit rate in the lease is 11%, which is known by Bridgeport. Title to the equipment transfers to Bridgeport at the end of the lease. The asset has an estimated useful life of 5 years and no residual value.

(b) Prepare the journal entries that Bridgeport should record on January 1, 2020

(c) Prepare the journal entries to record amortization of the leased asset and interest expense for the year 2020

(d) Prepare the journal entry to record the lease payment of January 1, 2021, assuming reversing entries are not made.