Chapter 21: 16Q (page 1239)
How should changes in the estimated unguaranteed residual value be handled by the lessor?
The lessor must recognize a loss to the extent of the decline in the period of the decline.
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(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.
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(c) What expenses related to this lease will Evans incur during the first year of the lease, and how will they be determined?
(Operating Lease vs. Capital Lease) You are auditing the December 31, 2017, financial statements of Hockney, Inc., manufacturer of novelties and party favors. During your inspection of the company garage, you discovered that a used automobile not listed in the equipment subsidiary ledger is parked there. You ask Stacy Reeder, plant manager, about the vehicle, and she tells you that the company did not list the automobile because the company was only leasing it. The lease agreement was entered into on January 1, 2017, with Crown New and Used Cars.
You decide to review the lease agreement to ensure that the lease should be afforded operating lease treatment, and you discover the following lease terms.
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You are a senior auditor writing a memo to your supervisor, the audit partner in charge of this audit, to discuss the above situation. Be sure to include (a) why you inspected the lease agreement, (b) what you determined about the lease, and (c) how you advised your client to account for this lease. Explain every journal entry that you believe is necessary to record this lease properly on the client’s books. (It is also necessary to include the fact that you communicated this information to your client.)
(Lessor Entries; Direct-Financing Lease with Option to Purchase) Castle Leasing Company signs a lease agreement on January 1, 2017, to lease electronic equipment to Jan Way Company. The term of the noncancelable lease is 2 years, and payments are required at the end of each year. The following information relates to this agreement:
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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.
(3) What items and amounts will appear on the lessee’s income statement for the year ending December 31, 2018?
Question: (Lessee Entries and Balance Sheet Presentation, Capital Lease) On January 1, 2017, Cage Company contracts to lease equipment for 5 years, agreeing to make a payment of \(137,899 (including the executory costs of \)6,000) at the beginning of each year, starting January 1, 2017. The taxes, the insurance, and the maintenance, estimated at \(6,000 a year, are the obligations of the lessee. The leased equipment is to be capitalized at \)550,000. The asset is to be depreciated on a double-declining-balance basis, and the obligation is to be reduced on an effective-interest basis. Cage’s incremental borrowing rate is 12%, and the implicit rate in the lease is 10%, which is known by Cage. Title to the equipment transfers to Cage when the lease expires. The asset has an estimated useful life of 5 years and no residual value.
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(b) Prepare the journal entry or entries that should be recorded on January 1, 2017, by Cage Company.
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