Part 3: Lessee Entries: Capital Lease On January 1, 2015, Southern, Inc. signed
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Question
Part 3: Lessee Entries: Capital Lease On January 1, 2015, Southern, Inc. signed a 10-year non-cancelable lease for a machine. The terms of the lease called for Southern to make annual payments of $17,336 at the beginning of each year, starting January 1, 2015. The machine has an estimated useful life of 12 years. The machine reverts back to the lessor at the end of the lease term. Southern uses the straight-line method of depreciation for all of its plant assets. Southern’s incremental borrowing rate is 6%, and the Lessor’s implicit rate is unknown.
dentify and explain the type of lease. Use the blank area in the template following the journal entries to make your notes.
Compute the present value of the minimum lease payments.
Prepare all necessary journal entries for Southern for this lease through January 1, 2016.
Where appropriate, show all calculations leading to the final solution.
Explanation / Answer
Present value of minimum lease payament: Lease payment is at the beginning of the year for 10 years Year Lease Payment Discount Factor @ 6% Discounted cashflow 0 17336 1 17336 1 to 9 17336 6.802 117919.47 135255.47 Present value of minimum lease payment=135255 Journal entries: Date Account titles and explantion Debit Credit 2015 Jan 1. Equipment 135255 Lease liability 135255 (Purchase of machinery on lease) Jan 1. Lease liability 17336 Cash 17336 (Lease rental paid) Dec 31. Interest expense 7075 Interest payable (135255-17336)*6% 7075 (Interest accrued) Dec 31. Depreciation expense 13526 Accumulated depreciation 13526 (135255/10) (Depreciation expenses recorded) 2016 Jan 1. Lease liability 10261 Interest payable 7075 Cash 17336 (Lease rental paid)