Purchase option; lessor; sales-type lease • LO15–2, LO15–3, LO15–6 Ace Leasing acquires equipment and leases it to customers under long-term sales-type leases. Ace earns interest under these arrangements at a 6% annual rate. Ace leased a machine it purchased for $600,000 under an arrangement that specified annual payments beginning at the commencement of the lease for five years. The lessee had the option to purchase the machine at the end of the lease term for $100,000 when it was expected to have a residual value of $160,000. Calculate the amount of the annual lease payments.
Purchase option; lessor; sales-type lease • LO15–2, LO15–3, LO15–6 Ace Leasing acquires equipment and leases it to customers under long-term sales-type leases. Ace earns interest under these arrangements at a 6% annual rate. Ace leased a machine it purchased for $600,000 under an arrangement that specified annual payments beginning at the commencement of the lease for five years. The lessee had the option to purchase the machine at the end of the lease term for $100,000 when it was expected to have a residual value of $160,000. Calculate the amount of the annual lease payments.
Solution Summary: The author calculates the amount of annual lease payments for this type of lease.
Ace Leasing acquires equipment and leases it to customers under long-term sales-type leases. Ace earns interest under these arrangements at a 6% annual rate. Ace leased a machine it purchased for $600,000 under an arrangement that specified annual payments beginning at the commencement of the lease for five years. The lessee had the option to purchase the machine at the end of the lease term for $100,000 when it was expected to have a residual value of $160,000. Calculate the amount of the annual lease payments.
Acorn Construction (calendar-year-end C corporation) has had rapid expansion during the last half of the current year due to the housing market's recovery. The company has record income and would like to maximize its cost recovery deduction for the current year. (Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, and Table 5.)
Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.
Acorn provided you with the following information:
Asset
Placed in Service
Basis
New equipment and tools
August 20
$ 3,800,000
Used light-duty trucks
October 17
2,000,000
Used machinery
November 6
1,525,000
Total
$ 7,325,000
The used assets had been contributed to the business by its owner in a tax-deferred transaction two years ago.
a. What is Acorn's maximum cost recovery deduction in the current year?
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