Under a finance lease, before the leased asset is returned to lessor, the book value of the leased asset is equal to ______

On January 1, 2016, Yancey, Inc. signs a 10-year noncancelable lease agreement to lease a storage building from Holt Warehouse Company. The following information pertains to this lease agreement.

(a) The agreement requires equal rental payments at the beginning of each year.

(b) The fair value of the building on January 1, 2016 is $5,000,000; however, the book value to Holt is $4,300,000.

(c) The building has an estimated economic life of 10 years. Holt estimates a total residual value of $50,000 for the building at the end of the lease term. Yancey guarantees a residual value of $20,000 for Holt. Yancey depreciates similar buildings on the straight-line method.

(d) Yancey's incremental borrowing rate is 11% per year. Holt Warehouse Co. set the annual rental to insure a 10% rate of return. The implicit rate of the lessor is known by Yancey, Inc. The present value of an ordinary annuity of 1 for nine years at 10% is 5.75902. The present value of an ordinary annuity of 1 for nine years at 11% is 5.53705. The present value of 1 at the end of ten years at 10% is 0.38554. The present value of 1 at the end of ten years at 11% is 0.35218.

Question 1. What is the amount of the minimum annual lease payment? $___ (Rounded to the nearest dollar.)

Question 2. From the lessor's viewpoint, is it a direct financing lease, sales-type lease, or operating lease? Answer: _____

Question 3. Yancey, Inc. would record the depreciation expense on this storage building in 2016 of $______(Rounded to the nearest dollar.)