Question: 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. Pisa's incremental borrowing rate is 10% and the rate implicit in the lease (which is known by Pisa) is 8%. Assuming that this lease is properly classified as a capital lease, what is the amount of principal reduction recorded when the second lease payment is made at the beginning of Year 2?
a. $172,076
b. $122,833
c. $126,480
d. $136,599