Pepper, Inc. agrees to lease equipment from the Blue Corporation for 10 years at $25,000 at the end of each year. The equipment has a fair value of $175,000 and an estimated useful life of 10 years. The lease includes a guaranteed residual value of $10,000. In addition to the lease payments, Pepper will pay $5,000 per year for a maintenance agreement. Pepper can finance this lease with its bank at a 12% rate. The lessor’s implicit lease rate, known to the lessee, is 10%. The lessor and the lessee use ASC 842 guidelines for lease accounting. Present value interest factors are:   10% 12% PV factor of $1 for 10 periods 0.38554 0.32197 PV factor for ordinary annuity for 10 periods 6.14457 5.65022   The Pepper lease is a(n): Multiple Choice A. operating lease because ownership does not automatically transfer to the lessee at the end of the lease term.   B. short-term lease because the lease value is less than the fair value of the asset.   C. operating lease because the asset reverts to Blue at the end of the lease.   D. finance lease because the lease term covers the major part of the economic life of the asset.

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Pepper, Inc. agrees to lease equipment from the Blue Corporation for 10 years at $25,000 at the end of each year. The equipment has a fair value of $175,000 and an estimated useful life of 10 years. The lease includes a guaranteed residual value of $10,000. In addition to the lease payments, Pepper will pay $5,000 per year for a maintenance agreement. Pepper can finance this lease with its bank at a 12% rate. The lessor’s implicit lease rate, known to the lessee, is 10%. The lessor and the lessee use ASC 842 guidelines for lease accounting.

Present value interest factors are:

  10% 12%
PV factor of $1 for 10 periods 0.38554 0.32197
PV factor for ordinary annuity for 10 periods 6.14457 5.65022
 

The Pepper lease is a(n):

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A. operating lease because ownership does not automatically transfer to the lessee at the end of the lease term.
 
B. short-term lease because the lease value is less than the fair value of the asset.
 
C. operating lease because the asset reverts to Blue at the end of the lease.
 
D. finance lease because the lease term covers the major part of the economic life of the asset.
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