Operating lease • LO15–4 At the beginning of its fiscal year, Lakeside Inc. leased office space to LTT Corporation under a seven-year operating lease agreement. The contract calls for quarterly rent payments of $25,000 each. The office building was acquired by Lakeside at a cost of $2 million and was expected to have a useful life of 25 years with no residual value. What will be the effect of the lease on Lakeside’s earnings for the first year (ignore taxes)?
Operating lease • LO15–4 At the beginning of its fiscal year, Lakeside Inc. leased office space to LTT Corporation under a seven-year operating lease agreement. The contract calls for quarterly rent payments of $25,000 each. The office building was acquired by Lakeside at a cost of $2 million and was expected to have a useful life of 25 years with no residual value. What will be the effect of the lease on Lakeside’s earnings for the first year (ignore taxes)?
Solution Summary: The author explains that the L Incorporation (lessor) will record rent revenue for each of the quarterly payments and reduce depreciation on equipment.
At the beginning of its fiscal year, Lakeside Inc. leased office space to LTT Corporation under a seven-year operating lease agreement. The contract calls for quarterly rent payments of $25,000 each. The office building was acquired by Lakeside at a cost of $2 million and was expected to have a useful life of 25 years with no residual value. What will be the effect of the lease on Lakeside’s earnings for the first year (ignore taxes)?
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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