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Chapter 21: Q21-7E-a (page 1242)

Question: (Lessee-Lessor Entries; Sales-Type Lease) On January 1, 2017, Bensen Company leased equipment to Flynn Corporation. The following information pertains to this lease.

  1. The term of the noncancelable lease is 6 years, with no renewal option. The equipment reverts to the lessor at the termination of the lease.
  2. Equal rental payments are due on January 1 of each year, beginning in 2017.
  3. The fair value of the equipment on January 1, 2017, is \(150,000, and its cost is \)120,000.
  4. The equipment has an economic life of 8 years, with an unguaranteed residual value of $10,000. Flynn depreciates all of its equipment on a straight-line basis.
  5. Bensen set the annual rental to ensure an 11% rate of return. Flynn’s incremental borrowing rate is 12%, and the implicit rate of the lessor is unknown.
  6. Collectibility of lease payments is reasonably predictable, and no important uncertainties surround the amount of costs yet to be incurred by the lessor.

Instructions

(Both the lessor and the lessee’s accounting period ends on December 31.)

a. Discuss the nature of this lease to Bensen and Flynn.

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Answer

There is a Capital Lease to Bensen and Flynn.

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01

Meaning of Lease

A lease is alegally binding contract between a lessor and a lessee. The lessee has been given the right to use certain property owned by the lessee for the period specified under this agreement. The lessee pays the lessee rent payments over the term of the lease in exchange for the use of the asset.

02

Discussing the nature of the lease to Bensen and Flynn

Since the term of the lease is 75 percent ( 6/8) of the economic life of the asset, it is a capital lease for Flynn. In addition, the present value of the minimum lease payment exceeds 90% of the fair value of the asset.

Since lease payments are generally approximate, there is no significant uncertainty surrounding the lessee's future expenses, and the lease term is 75 percent of the economic life of the asset, this is a capital lease for Benson. The lease is a sale-type lease because the fair value of the equipment ($150,000) exceeds the lessor's cost ($120,000).

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(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.)

  1. Prepare an amortization schedule that would be suitable for the lessee for the lease term.

(Accounting for an Operating Lease) On January 1, 2017, Doug Nelson Co. leased a building to Patrick Wise Inc. The relevant information related to the lease is as follows.

  1. The lease arrangement is for 10 years.
  2. The leased building cost \(4,500,000 and was purchased for cash on January 1, 2017.
  3. The building is depreciated on a straight-line basis. Its estimated economic life is 50 years with no salvage value.
  4. Lease payments are \)275,000 per year and are made at the end of the year.
  5. Property tax expense of \(85,000 and insurance expense of \)10,000 on the building were incurred by Nelson in the first year. Payment on these two items was made at the end of the year.
  6. 6. Both the lessor and the lessee are on a calendar-year basis.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the journal entries that Nelson Co. should make in 2017.

Jennifer Brent Corporation owns equipment that cost \(80,000 and has a useful life of 8 years with no salvage value. On January 1, 2017, Jennifer Brent leases the equipment to Donna Havaci Inc. for 1 year with one rental payment of \)15,000 on January 1. Prepare Jennifer Brent Corporation’s 2017 journal entries.

(Lessee Computations and Entries, Capital Lease with Unguaranteed Residual Value) Assume the same data as in P21-10 with National Airlines having an incremental borrowing rate of 10%.

George Company manufactures a check-in kiosk with an estimated economic life of 12 years and leases it to National Airlines for a period of 10 years. The normal selling price of the equipment is \(278,072, and its unguaranteed residual value at the end of the lease term is estimated to be \)20,000. National will pay annual payments of \(40,000 at the beginning of each year and all maintenance, insurance, and taxes. George incurred costs of \)180,000 in manufacturing the equipment and $4,000 in negotiating and closing the lease. George has determined that the collectibility of the lease payments is reasonably predictable, that no additional costs will be incurred, and that the implicit interest rate is 10%.

Instructions

(b) Prepare a 10-year lease amortization schedule.

Question: (Balance Sheet and Income Statement Disclosure—Lessee) The following facts pertain to a noncancelable lease agreement between Alschuler Leasing Company and McKee Electronics, a lessee, for a computer system.

Inception date

October 1, 2017

Lease term

6 years

Economic life of leased equipment

6 years

Fair value of asset at October 1, 2017

\(300,383

Residual value at end of lease term

–0–

Lessor’s implicit rate

10%

Lessee’s incremental borrowing rate

10%

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

\)62,700

The collectibility of the lease payments is reasonably predictable, and there are no important uncertainties surrounding the costs yet to be incurred by the lessor. The lessee assumes responsibility for all executory costs, which amount to \(5,500 per year and are to be paid each October 1, beginning October 1, 2017. (This \)5,500 is not included in the rental payment of \(62,700.) The asset will revert to the lessor at the end of the lease term. The straight-line depreciation method is used for all equipment.

The following amortization schedule has been prepared correctly for use by both the lessor and the lessee in accounting for this lease. The lease is to be accounted for properly as a capital lease by the lessee and as a direct-financing lease by the lessor.

Date

Annual lease payments/Receipt

Interest (10%)

On Unpaid liability/Receivable

Reduction of Lease Liability?

Receivable

Balance of Lease Liability/Receivable

10/01/17

\)300,383

10/01/17

\(62,700

\)62,700

237,683

10/01/18

\(62,700

\)23,768

38,932

198,751

10/01/19

\(62,700

19,875

42,825

155,926

10/01/20

\)62,700

15,593

47,107

108,819

10/01/21

\(62,700

10,882

51,818

57,001

10/01/22

\)62,700

5,699*

57,001

0

\(376,200

\)75,817

\(300,383

*Rounding error is \)1.

(b) Assuming the lessee’s accounting period ends on December 31, answer the following questions with respect to this lease agreement.

(1) What items and amounts will appear on the lessee’s income statement for the year ending December 31, 2017?
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