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Company A (a lessee) enters into a contract with Company B (a lessor) to lease equipment for a seven-year period. Company A will use the equipment in its manufacturing operations. The lease requires Company A to make annual lease payments of $100,000 on December 31. At the end of the lease, the asset reverts to Company B.
Additional Information:
Company A’s incremental borrowing rate 6%
Company B’s implicit rate in the lease (known to Co. A) 7%
Fair value of asset at lease commencement $632,342
Residual value of asset at end of lease (unguaranteed) $150,000
Economic life of asset at commencement of lease 10 years
Present value factors: 6% 7%
Ordinary annuity, 7 periods 5.58238 5.38929
Single sum, 7 periods .66506 .62275
1. What type of lease is this to Company B?
2. Would your answer to question 1 be affected by a third party guaranteeing the $150,000 residual value?
3. What are the required journal entries for the first year of the lease? (Company B’s cost of the equipment is $550,000)