Breonna Corporation leases equipment from Falls Company on January 1, 2020. The lease agreement does not transfer ownership, contain a bargain purchase option, and is not a specialized asset. It covers 3 years of the equipment's 8-year useful life, and the present value of the lease payments is less than 90 % of the fair value of the assets leased. The annual lease payment is $41,000 at the beginning of each year, and Breonna's incremental borrowing rate is 8%, which is the same as the lessor's implicit rate. The agreement is properly classified as an operating lease. Assume the equipment is carried at a cost of $280,000 and the Straight-Line method for depreciation is used. In preparing the necessary journal entries for Falls Company (the lessor) for 2020, the "Leased Equipment" account should include a debit for depreciation expense of ___________. (Enter the answer with NO commas or dollar signs!)

Since this is an operating lease (short lease term, no transfer of ownership, and low present value of lease payments), the lessor has to record a depreciation expense, but the lessee only considers lease payments as operating costs (no depreciation expense or lease liability should be recognized).

Depreciation expense per year under the straight line method = asset cost / useful life = $280,000 / 8 years = $35,000