Monterrey Properties enters into a 3-year lease for an automobile to be used by its CEO. The agreement obligates the company to make lease payments of $600 at the end of every month of the lease term. Title to the auto does not transfer at the end of the lease. The contract does not contain a bargain purchase option. If purchased outright, the auto would cost $40,000. Its useful economic life would be six years. What expense will Monterrey Properties record in the first month of the lease under IFRS 16? Assume that the company’s borrowing rate is 6 percent. 

a. No upfront lease expense. 

b. $547.85. 

c. $600.00 

d. $648.46.