Multiple Choice
Pisa, Inc. leased equipment from Tower Company under a four-year lease requiring equal annual payments of $172,076, with the first payment due at lease inception. The lease does not transfer ownership, nor is there a bargain purchase option. The equipment has a 4-year useful life and no salvage value. Pisa, Inc.'s incremental borrowing rate is 10% and the rate implicit in the lease (which is known by Pisa, Inc.) is 8%. Pisa, Inc. uses the straight-line method to depreciate similar assets. What is the amount of depreciation expense recorded by Pisa, Inc. in the first year of the asset's life? 
A) $0 because the asset is depreciated by Tower Company.
B) $142,484
C) $153,883
D) $150,000
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