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Pen Wines P/L has leased (lessee) a wine-press on the following terms; Date of entering lease; 1 Jan/15 Duration of lease 5 years Life of asset 6 years Unguaranteed residual value $40,000 Lease payments inception (at the start) $60,000 Annual payments (5) $65,000 Implied rate 11.0 % Required:Required:Required: Required:Required:Required: a) Discuss the logic behind requiring some lease payments (e.g. finance leases) to be capitalized while other lease payments (operating leases) must be expensed. b) Determine the Fair Value (rounded off) of the leased asset. c) Journalize the entries for 1/1/2015 to 1/1/2016 (NB: 31 Dec is the year-end