CFA-Level-I Exam Question 541

On January 2, 2002, Heather Ltd. signed a ten-year noncancelable lease for a passenger ferry. The lease stipulated annual payments of $68,353 starting at the end of the first year, with title passing to
Heather at the expiration of the lease. Heather treated this transaction as a capital lease.
The ferry has an estimated useful life of 15 years, with no residual value. Heather uses straight-line amortization for all of its capital assets. Aggregate lease payments were determined to have a present value of $420,000, based on implicit interest of 10%.
In its 2002 income statement, what amount of interest expense should Heather report from this lease transaction?
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