Metheny Corporation’s lease arrangements qualify as sales-type leases at the time of entering into the transactions. How should the corporation recognize revenues and costs in these situations?

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Matheny Corporation should recognize the difference between the fair value and its cost or carrying amount.

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Meaning of Lease arrangements

A lease arrangement refers to a lease contract recognizing a similar arrangement for a specified period in which the lessee is expected to pay the lessee, in whole or in part, the use of a piece of the lease for a specified period in lieu of payment time it goes.

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Explaining how the corporation should recognize revenues and costs  

The difference between the fair value (normal selling price) of the asset leased to Metheny Corporation and its cost or carrying amount (book value) at the beginning of the lease for the period of the commencement of the sale-type lease and the transfer of the asset recognized as gross profit to the lessee. The remainder of the deal is classified as a direct-financing lease (that is, interest revenue is earned over the term of the lease).

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Question: The following facts pertain to a noncancelable lease agreement between Faldo Leasing Company and Vance Company, a lessee.

Inception date

January 1, 2017

Annual lease payment due at the beginning of each year, beginning with January 1, 2017

\(124,798

Residual value of equipment at end of lease term, guaranteed by the lessee

\)50,000

Lease term

6 years

Economic life of leased equipment

6 years

Fair value of asset at January 1, 2017

\(600,000

Lessor’s implicit rate

12%

Lessee’s incremental borrowing rate

12%

The lessee assumes responsibility for all executory costs, which are expected to amount to \)5,000 per year. The asset will revert to the lessor at the end of the lease term. The lessee has guaranteed the lessor a residual value of $50,000. The lessee uses the straightline depreciation method for all equipment.

Instructions

(b) Prepare all of the journal entries for the lessee for 2017 and 2018 to record the lease agreement, the lease payments, and all expenses related to this lease. Assume the lessee’s annual accounting period ends on December 31 and reversing entries are used when appropriate.

Assume that IBM leased equipment that was carried at a cost of \(150,000 to Sharon Swander Company. The term of the lease is 6 years beginning January 1, 2017, with equal rental payments of \)30,044 at the beginning of each year. All executory costs are paid by Swander directly to third parties. The fair value of the equipment at the inception of the lease is $150,000. The equipment has a useful life of 6 years with no salvage value. The lease has an implicit interest rate of 8%, no bargain-purchase option, and no transfer of title. Collectibility is reasonably assured with no additional cost to be incurred by IBM. Prepare IBM’s January 1, 2017, journal entries at the inception of the lease.

(Amortization Schedule and Journal Entries for Lessee) Laura Leasing Company signs an agreement on January 1, 2017, to lease equipment to Plote Company. The following information relates to this agreement.

  1. The term of the noncancelable lease is 5 years with no renewal option. The equipment has an estimated economic life of 5 years.
  2. The fair value of the asset at January 1, 2017, is \(80,000.
  3. The asset will revert to the lessor at the end of the lease term, at which time the asset is expected to have a residual value of \)7,000, none of which is guaranteed.
  4. Plote Company assumes direct responsibility for all executory costs, which include the following annual amounts: (1) \(900 to Rocky Mountain Insurance Company for insurance and (2) \)1,600 to Laclede County for property taxes.
  5. The agreement requires equal annual rental payments of $18,142.95 to the lessor, beginning on January 1, 2017.
  6. The lessee’s incremental borrowing rate is 12%. The lessor’s implicit rate is 10% and is known to the lessee.
  7. Plote Company uses the straight-line depreciation method for all equipment.
  8. Plote uses reversing entries when appropriate.

Instructions

(Round all numbers to the nearest cent.)

(b) Prepare all of the journal entries for the lessee for 2017 and 2018 to record the lease agreement, the lease payments, and all expenses related to this lease. Assume the lessee’s annual accounting period ends on December 31.

Indiana Jones Corporation enters into a 6-year lease of equipment on January 1, 2017, which requires 6 annual payments of \(40,000 each, beginning January 1, 2017. In addition, Indiana Jones guarantees the lessor a residual value of \)20,000 at lease-end. The equipment has a useful life of 6 years. Prepare Indiana Jones’ January 1, 2017, journal entries assuming an interest rate of 10%.

(Lessee Accounting and Reporting) On January 1, 2017, Evans Company entered into a noncancelable lease for a machine to be used in its manufacturing operations. The lease transfers ownership of the machine to Evans by the end of the lease term. The term of the lease is 8 years. The minimum lease payment made by Evans on January 1, 2017, was one of eight equal annual payments. At the inception of the lease, the criteria established for classification as a capital lease by the lessee were met.

Instructions

(c) What expenses related to this lease will Evans incur during the first year of the lease, and how will they be determined?

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