Question

Customer Corp. entered into a five-year lease agreement with Supplier Ltd, on 1 July 2019. The lease is for a number of spa baths. Supplier Ltd acquired the spa baths on 1 July 2019, at the fair value of $1,009,850. Customer Corp. uses the spa baths at a club. The baths are expected to have an economic life of seven years, after which time they will have no residual value. There is a bargain purchase option that Customer Corps will be able to, and is expected to, exercise at the end of the fifth year, for $100,000.

There are to be five annual payments of $250,000, due at the end of each fiscal year (i.e., on 30 June each year). Customer Corp. is responsible for the insurance and maintenance of the equipment. The equipment is to be depreciated on a straight-line basis. The interest rate implicit in the lease is 10% per year. The lease can be cancelled by Customer Corp. upon payment of a penalty of $700,000.

REQUIRED:                                       

(1)    What type of lease is this for Supplier Ltd? Provide justifications for your classification considering the criteria in AASB 16 – ‘Leases’.

(2)    Prepare the journal entries, including narrations, for Supplier Ltd from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 to record the lease arrangement consistent with AASB 16 – ‘Leases’.

(3) For Customer Corp. the contract contains a lease. Prepare the journal entries, including narrations, for Customer Corp. from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 to record the lease arrangement consistent with AASB 16 – ‘Leases’.

Answer 1