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On 1 January 2010 Sleepless Ltd purchased 2 factory buildings one in Independence street and another in Mandume Ndemufayo Road, for N$250 000 each. Both factory buildings were initially to be used to manufacture beds for sale to retail stores. The buildings are not specialised and could be used for a variety of manufacturing processes. The estimated useful life of each building is 15 years with no residual value.
Sleepless Ltd lost a major customer effective 1 January 2015 and as a result, had surplus factory space for their requirements. Sleepless Ltd enters a contract to lease the factory building in Mandume Ndemufayo road to a tenant with a commencement date of 1 January 2015. The lease term is 5 years. The rental payments are N$100 000 per year, payable annually in arrears and are to be increased by 20% per year over the lease term. The buildings will revert to Sleepless Ltd at the end of the contract.
Sleepless Ltd holds all investment property under the cost model.
Required:
1.1 Discuss briefly whether Sleepless Ltd should classify this lease contract as a finance
or operating lease.
1.2 Record journal entries of the factory building in Mandume Ndemufayo Road for 20 the year ended 31 December 2015,2016,2017,2018 and 2019.
Sol :
1.1
The difference between a finance lease and an operating lease lies in whether the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of the leased asset are transferred from the lessor to the lessee. Risks and rewards are considered not to be transferred if:
The lease should be treated as an operating lease because:
1.2
Journal entry for the year ended 31.12.2015
Lease Rentals Receivable $100,000
To Lease Rental Income $100,000
Journal entry for the year ended 31.12.2016
Lease Rentals Receivable $120,000
To Lease Rental Income $120,000
Journal entry for the year ended 31.12.2017
Lease Rentals Receivable $144,000
To Lease Rental Income $144,000
Journal entry for the year ended 31.12.2018
Lease Rentals Receivable $172,800
To Lease Rental Income $172,800
Journal entry for the year ended 31.12.2019
Lease Rentals Receivable $207,360
To Lease Rental Income $207,360