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RBC leased high-tech electronic equipment from Scotia on
January 1, 2018. The present value of the...
- RBC leased high-tech electronic equipment from Scotia on
January 1, 2018. The present value of the lease payments and the
fair value of the equipment are both $56,040.
Related
Information:
Lease
term
2 years (8 quarterly periods)
Quarterly lease
payments
$7,500 at Jan 1, 2018 and at Mar 31,
June 30, Sept 30 and Dec 31 thereafter
Economic life of
asset
2 years (straight-line, zero residual value, quarterly)
The interest rate needs to be calculated with the information
provided
Required:
- Prepare appropriate journal entries for RBC (assuming it is a
finance lease) on January 1, 2018 and March 31, 2018.
- Prepare appropriate journal entries for RBC (assuming it is an
operating lease and the useful life of the asset is five years) on
January 1, 2018 and March 31, 2018.
- Prepare appropriate journal entries for Scotia (assuming it is
a finance lease) on January 1, 2018 and March 31, 2018.
- Prepare appropriate journal entries for Scotia (assuming it is
an operating lease and the useful life of the asset is five years)
on January 1, 2018 and March 31, 2018.