In: Accounting
On 1/1/20 you lease equipment. The term of this capital lease is 3 years.
The payments of $35,000 are to be made at the beginning of each year starting on 1/1/20. There is no residual value. The fair market value of this equipment on 1/1/20 is $110,000. The present value of the minimum lease payments is $97,414. The estimated economic life of the equipment is 6 years. You use the straight-line method to record depreciation. The lessor set the payments to earn a return of 8%. You are aware of the lessor’s desired return. This is an operating lease.
Note: Be sure to show the date of each journal entry. The ‘right’ journal entry on the ‘wrong’ date is wrong.