On January 1, 2024, QuickStream Communications leased telephone equipment from Digium, Incorporated Digiums cash selling price for the equipment is $1,438,383.

• The lease agreement specifies six annual payments of $340,000 beginning December 31, 2024, and on each December 31 thereafter through 2029.
• The six-year lease is equal to the estimated useful life of the equipment.
• The contract specifies that lease payments for each year will increase by the higher of (a) the increase in the Consumer Price Index for the preceding year or (b) 3%.
• The CPI at the beginning of the lease is 130. Digium routinely leases equipment to other firms.
• The interest rate in these lease arrangements is 11%.

Note: Use tables, Excel, or a financial calculator. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1)

Required:

Prepare the appropriate journal entries for QuickStream to record the lease at its beginning date of January 1, 2024.

Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Round your intermediate and final answers to the nearest whole dollar.

Journal entry worksheet Record the beginning of the lease for QuickStream Communications. Note: Enter debits before credits. Journal entry worksheet Record the beginning of the lease for QuickStream Communications. Note: Enter debits before credits