Schrute Company leases an automobile with a fair value of $15,005 from Rainn, Inc., on the following terms:   1. Non-cancelable term of 50 months. 2. Rental of $300 per month (at the beginning of each month). 3. Schrute guarantees a residual value of $1,800 (the present value at 0.5% per month is $1,403). The expected residual value is estimated to be $1,800 at the end of the lease term. 4. Estimated economic life of the automobile is 60 months. 5. Schrute’s incremental borrowing rate is 6% a year (0.5% a month). Rainn’s implicit rate is unknown. Present Value of an Annuity Due with 0.5% and 60 periods: 51.98419   Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity at 0.5% and 60 periods: 48.17337352   Present Value of an Annuity Due with 0.5% and 50 periods: 44.36350   Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity with 0.5% and 50 Periods:41.56644707       The entry to record the first month’s lease payment (at commencement of the lease) would include: a)   a debit to interest expense in the amount of $300.     b)   a credit to lease liability in the amount of $300.     c)   a debit to the cash account in the amount of $300.     d)   a debit to the lease liability account in the amount of $300.

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Schrute Company leases an automobile with a fair value of $15,005 from Rainn, Inc., on the following terms:

 

1. Non-cancelable term of 50 months.

2. Rental of $300 per month (at the beginning of each month).

3. Schrute guarantees a residual value of $1,800 (the present value at 0.5% per month is $1,403). The expected residual value is estimated to be $1,800 at the end of the lease term.

4. Estimated economic life of the automobile is 60 months.

5. Schrute’s incremental borrowing rate is 6% a year (0.5% a month). Rainn’s implicit rate is unknown.

Present Value of an Annuity Due with 0.5% and 60 periods: 51.98419

 

Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity at 0.5% and 60 periods: 48.17337352

 

Present Value of an Annuity Due with 0.5% and 50 periods: 44.36350

 

Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity with 0.5% and 50 Periods:41.56644707

 

 

 

The entry to record the first month’s lease payment (at commencement of the lease) would include:

a)

 

a debit to interest expense in the amount of $300.

 

 

b)

 

a credit to lease liability in the amount of $300.

 

 

c)

 

a debit to the cash account in the amount of $300.

 

 

d)

 

a debit to the lease liability account in the amount of $300.

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