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Amusement Company leased equipment from General Robotics Company, beginning on January 1, 2017. The lease term is 5 years and requires equal rental payments of $60,493 at the beginning of each year of the lease (based on a 6% interest rate) starting on the commencement date (January 1, 2017). The equipment has a fair value at the commencement date of the lease of $300,000, a carrying value to General Robotics of $275,000, an estimated useful life of 5 years, and an estimated residual value of $40,000. The residual value is guaranteed by Smokey Finance. Therefore, this is a direct financing lease and the appropriate interest rate is 10.4%. Prepare General Robotics’ 2017 journal entries. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided and round final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)
Date | Account Titles and Explanation | Debit | Credit |
1-Jan-17 | Lease Receivable | $342,465 | |
Unearned interest Revenue | $67,465 | ||
Leased Assets | $275,000 | ||
(Being Lease Recorded) | |||
1-Jan-17 | Cash | 60,493 | |
Lease Receivable | 60,493 | ||
(Being Lease Rental received) | |||
31-Dec-17 | Unearned interest Revenue | 21,584 | |
Interest revenue* | 21,584 | ||
(Being Finance Income Recognized) |
Interest Income = (342465-67465-60493 )*10.4% = 21,584
Year | Lease Rental | PV Factor | Present value |
0 | 60,493 | 1 | 60,493 |
1 | 60,493 | 0.9058 | 54,795 |
2 | 60,493 | 0.8205 | 49,635 |
3 | 60,493 | 0.7432 | 44,958 |
4 | 60,493 | 0.6732 | 40,724 |
5 | 40,000 | 0.6098 | 24,392 |
PV of Lease Rental | $274,996 |