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Chapter 21: 17Q (page 1239)

Describe the effect of a “bargain-purchase option” on accounting for a capital lease transaction by a lessee.

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The lessee should increase the present value of the minimum lease payments.

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Meaning of bargain purchase option

A bargain-buy option affects lease accounting in the same way that guaranteed residual value does. In other words, if the lease has a guaranteed residual value, the lessee is obligated to pay the residual value at the end of the lease.

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Explaining the effect of a “bargain-purchase option” on accounting for a capital lease transaction by a lessee

If the lessee has a bargain purchase option, the present value of the minimum lease payments must be increased by the present value of the option price. A bargain buy option also impacts the leased asset's depreciable life since the lessee must depreciate the asset throughout its economic life rather than the lease period.

If the lessee does not exercise the option, the lessee will incur a loss equal to the net book value of the leased asset during the period in which the option expired.

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(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:

  1. Jan Way Company has the option to purchase the equipment for \(16,000 upon termination of the lease.
  2. The equipment has a cost and fair value of \)160,000 to Castle Leasing Company. The useful economic life is 2 years, with a salvage value of \(16,000.
  3. Jan Way Company is required to pay \)5,000 each year to the lessor for executory costs.
  4. Castle Leasing Company desires to earn a return of 10% on its investment.
  5. Collectibility of the payments is reasonably predictable, and there are no important uncertainties surrounding the costs yet to be incurred by the lessor.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the journal entries on the books of Castle Leasing to reflect the payments received under the lease and to recognize income for the years 2017 and 2018.

Rick Kleckner Corporation recorded a capital lease at \(300,000 on January 1, 2017. The interest rate is 12%. Kleckner Corporation made the first lease payment of \)53,920 on January 1, 2017. The lease requires eight annual payments. The equipment has a useful life of 8 years with no salvage value. Prepare Kleckner Corporation’s December 31, 2017, adjusting entries.

Alice Foyle, M.D. (lessee), has a noncancelable 20-year lease with Brownback Realty, Inc. (lessor) for the use of a medical building. Taxes, insurance, and maintenance are paid by the lessee in addition to the fixed annual payments, of which the present value is equal to the fair value of the leased property. At the end of the lease period, title becomes the lessee’s at a nominal price. Considering the terms of the lease described above, comment on the nature of the lease transaction and the accounting treatment that should be accorded it by the lessee.

(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

(c) If Nelson paid $30,000 to a real estate broker on January 1, 2017, as a fee for finding the lessee, how much should Nelson Co. report as an expense for this item in 2017?

Use the information for Indiana Jones Corporation from BE21-9. Assume that for Lost Ark Company, the lessor, collectibility is reasonably predictable, there are no important uncertainties concerning costs, and the carrying amount of the equipment is \(202,921. Prepare Lost Ark’s January 1, 2017, journal entries.

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%.
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