15. Commitments and Contingencies Lease Commitments The Company leases its corporate office and various of its restaurant locations under non-cancelable operating leases. These leases have initial lease terms of between ten and twenty years and can be extended generally in five-year increments. These leases generally provide for minimum annual rental payments that are subject to periodic escalations that are fixed or based, in some cases, upon increases in specific inflation indexes as stipulated in the non-cancelable operating lease. Certain lease arrangements have contingent rental payments based on net sales thresholds per the lease agreement. Accrued liability for contingent rent was $197 and $196 as of January 1, 2017 and January 3, 2016, respectively. These balances are included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets. Future minimum lease payments for non-cancelable leases (excluding contingent rental payments) are as follows: 2017 $ 20,540 2018 21,963 2019 21,261 2020 20,913 2021 20,473 Thereafter 101,627 Total $ 206,777 Future minimum lease payments attributable to all locations in Brazil contain annual escalations that are tied to the IGPM inflation index. These payments, which will be made in the functional currency of the country, have been estimated using the period-end currency exchange rate and the prevailing IGPM index rate for 2017. Future minimum lease payments attributable to one location in Mexico contain annual escalations that are tied to the US CPI-U index. These payments, which will be made in the functional currency of the country, have been estimated using the period-end currency exchange rate and the US CPI-U index rate existing at the time of the lease was executed. Rent expense, attributable to non-cancelable operating leases for the Companys corporate office and restaurant locations, for Fiscal 2016, Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014, was $21,025, $18,384 and $16,875, respectively, including contingent rent of $180, $217 and $159 for Fiscal 2016, Fiscal