On January 1, 2021, Veronica Company negotiated a 15-year lease for a building with useful life of 20 years.
Depreciation Methods
The word "depreciation" is defined as an accounting method wherein the cost of tangible assets is spread over its useful life and it usually denotes how much of the assets value has been used up. The depreciation is usually considered as an operating expense. The main reason behind depreciation includes wear and tear of the assets, obsolescence etc.
Depreciation Accounting
In terms of accounting, with the passage of time the value of a fixed asset (like machinery, plants, furniture etc.) goes down over a specific period of time is known as depreciation. Now, the question comes in your mind, why the value of the fixed asset reduces over time.
![On January 1, 2021, Veronica Company negotiated a 15-year
lease for a building with useful life of 20 years.
Before occupancy, the lessee incurred leasehold
improvement of P600,000 with useful life 5 years.
The lessee is required to restore the building upon expiration
of the lease. The present value of estimated cost of
restoration is P644,000 discounted at 7%.
Annual payments of P1,000,000 are payable to the lessor on
December 31 of each of the 15 years of the lease term.
The lease was negotiated to assure the lessor a 10% rate of
return.
PV of an ordinary annuity of 1 at 10% for 15 periods
PV of an annuity of 1 in advance at 10% for 15 periods
7.606
8.367
Required:
Prepare journal entries on the books of Veronica Company
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