Larkspur Inc. was incorporated in 2019 to operate as a computer software service firm, with an accounting fiscal year ending August 31. Larkspur’s primary product is a sophisticated online inventory-control system; its customers pay a fixed fee plus a usage charge for using the system. Larkspur has leased a large, Alpha-3 computer system from the manufacturer. The lease calls for a monthly rental of $36,000 for the 144 months (12 years) of the lease term. The estimated useful life of the computer is 15 years. All rentals are payable on the first day of the month beginning with August 1, 2020, the date the computer was installed and the lease agreement was signed. The lease is non-cancelable for its 12-year term, and it is secured only by the manufacturer’s chattel lien on the Alpha-3 system. This lease is to be accounted for as a finance lease by Larkspur, and it will be amortized by the straight-line method. Borrowed funds for this type of transaction would cost Larkspur 6% per year (0.50% per month). Following is a schedule of the present value of an annuity due for selected periods discounted at 0.50% per period when payments are made at the beginning of each period. Periods (months)   Present Value of an Annuity Due Discounted at 0.50% per Period 1   1.000 2   1.995 3   2.985 143   102.497 144   102.987 Prepare all entries Larkspur should have made in its accounting records during August 2020 relating to this lease. Remember, August 31, 2020, is the end of Larkspur’s fiscal accounting period, and it will be preparing financial statements on that date. Do not prepare closing entries. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit                                                                             (To record the lease.)                                                                                 (To record lease payment.)                                                                                 (To record interest.)                                                                                 (To record amortization.) Thank You

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Larkspur Inc. was incorporated in 2019 to operate as a computer software service firm, with an accounting fiscal year ending August 31. Larkspur’s primary product is a sophisticated online inventory-control system; its customers pay a fixed fee plus a usage charge for using the system.

Larkspur has leased a large, Alpha-3 computer system from the manufacturer. The lease calls for a monthly rental of $36,000 for the 144 months (12 years) of the lease term. The estimated useful life of the computer is 15 years.

All rentals are payable on the first day of the month beginning with August 1, 2020, the date the computer was installed and the lease agreement was signed. The lease is non-cancelable for its 12-year term, and it is secured only by the manufacturer’s chattel lien on the Alpha-3 system.

This lease is to be accounted for as a finance lease by Larkspur, and it will be amortized by the straight-line method. Borrowed funds for this type of transaction would cost Larkspur 6% per year (0.50% per month). Following is a schedule of the present value of an annuity due for selected periods discounted at 0.50% per period when payments are made at the beginning of each period.

Periods
(months)
 
Present Value of an Annuity Due
Discounted at 0.50% per Period
1   1.000
2   1.995
3   2.985
143   102.497
144   102.987


Prepare all entries Larkspur should have made in its accounting records during August 2020 relating to this lease. Remember, August 31, 2020, is the end of Larkspur’s fiscal accounting period, and it will be preparing financial statements on that date. Do not prepare closing entries. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem.)

Date
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
                                                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(To record the lease.)
   
                                                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(To record lease payment.)
   
                                                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(To record interest.)
   
                                                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(To record amortization.)

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