In: Accounting
At the beginning of 2021, VHF Industries acquired a machine with
a fair value of $8,206,605 by signing a three-year lease. The lease
is payable in three annual payments of $3.3 million at the end of
each year. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1
and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables
provided.)
Required:
1. What is the effective rate of interest implicit
in the agreement?
2-4. Prepare the lessee’s journal entries at the
beginning of the lease, the first lease payment at December 31,
2021 and the second lease payment at December 31, 2022.
5. Suppose the fair value of the machine and the
lessor’s implicit rate were unknown at the time of the lease, but
that the lessee’s incremental borrowing rate of interest for notes
of similar risk was 9%. Prepare the lessee’s entry at the beginning
of the lease.