Question

At January 1, 2018, Café Med leased restaurant equipment from Crescent Corporation under a nine-year lease agreement. The lease agreement specifies annual payments of $22,000 beginning January 1, 2018, the beginning of the lease, and at each December 31 thereafter through 2025. The equipment was acquired recently by Crescent at a cost of $189,000 (its fair value) and was expected to have a useful life of 12 years with no salvage value at the end of its life. (Because the lease term is only 9 years, the asset does have an expected residual value at the end of the lease term of $117,029.) Crescent seeks a 10% return on its lease investments. By this arrangement, the lease is deemed to be a finance lease. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
  
Required:
1. What will be the effect of the lease on Café Med’s earnings for the first year (ignore taxes)? (Enter decreases with negative numbers.)
2. What will be the balances in the balance sheet accounts related to the lease at the end of the first year for Café Med (ignore taxes)?

Effect on Earnings i think: 22000*6.33493 = 139368

Interest Expense (10% * [139368-22000])= 11737 (am i doing this right)?

Amortization Expense (139368 divided by 9 years)= 15485 (this is correct entry I know) because it carries over to the next part).

decrease in earnings (pretax) = 11737 + 15485 to get 27222 but for some reason it's wrong in Connect.

1. Effect on Earnings	(not 22000, or 27222)?????
2. Lease Payable Balance (end of year)	107105 is correct.
Right-of-use asset (end of year)	123288 is correct

Answer 1