On January 1, 2016, Pearson Company signed a lease agreement requiring six annual payments of $60,000, beginning December 31, 2016. The lease qualifies as a capital lease. Pearson's incremental borrowing rate was 9% and the lessor's implicit rate, known by Pearson, was 10%. The present value factors of an ordinary annuity of $1 for six periods for interest rates of 9% and 10% are 4.48592 and 4.35526, respectively.
?Refer to Exhibit 20-1. What would be the balance of the lease obligation on January 1, 2017, for financial reporting purposes after the lease paymen? (round answers to the nearest dollar)?