On January 1, 2020 Warner Company contracts to lease equipment for 5 years, agreeing to make a payment of $120,987 at the beginning of each year, starting January 1, 2020. The leased equipment is to be capitalized at $550,000. The asset is to be amortized on a double-declining- balance basis, and the obligation is to be reduced on an effective-interest basis. Warner's
On January 1, 2020 Warner Company contracts to lease equipment for 5 years, agreeing to
make a payment of $120,987 at the beginning of each year, starting January 1, 2020. The leased
equipment is to be capitalized at $550,000. The asset is to be amortized on a double-declining-
balance basis, and the obligation is to be reduced on an effective-interest basis. Warner's
incremental borrowing rate is 6%, and the implicit rate in the lease is 5%, which is known by
Warner. Title to the equipment transfers to Warner at the end of the lease. The asset has an
estimated useful life of 5 years and no residual value.
4. Prepare the
reversing entries are not made.
5. What amounts will appear on the lessee's December 31, 2020,
the lease contract?
6. How would the value of the lease liability in part 2 change if Warner also agreed to pay
the fixed annual insurance on the equipment of $2,000 at the same time as the rental
payments?
An agreement of contract that is prepared to transfer the right to use the resources for a particular purpose for stipulated time is called lease contract. The person owning the resource is called lessor and the person, to whom right is transferred, is lessee.
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