A fellow accounting student has difficulty understanding how the fundamental accounting equation stays in balance when a compound entry with one debit and two credits is recorded. Consider, for example, that a business bought equipment for $15,000, paid $5,000 in cash, and placed the remainder on account. This means that there are two credits and one debit—one debit and one credit on the left side of the equation and the other credit on the right side of the equation. Explain to your fellow student how the equation stays in balance.
A fellow accounting student has difficulty understanding how the fundamental accounting equation stays in balance when a compound entry with one debit and two credits is recorded. Consider, for example, that a business bought equipment for $15,000, paid $5,000 in cash, and placed the remainder on account. This means that there are two credits and one debit—one debit and one credit on the left side of the equation and the other credit on the right side of the equation. Explain to your fellow student how the equation stays in balance.
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A fellow accounting student has difficulty understanding how the fundamental accounting equation stays in balance when a compound entry with one debit and two credits is recorded. Consider, for example, that a business bought equipment for $15,000, paid $5,000 in cash, and placed the remainder on account.
This means that there are two credits and one debit—one debit and one credit on the left side of the equation and the other credit on the right side of the equation. Explain to your fellow student how the equation stays in balance.
Question 1. Pearl Leasing Company agrees to lease equipment to Martinez Corporation on January 1, 2025. The following information relates to the lease agreement.
1. The term of the lease is 7 years with no renewal option, and the machinery has an estimated economic life of 9 years.
2 The cost of the machinery is $541,000, and the fair value of the asset on January 1, 2025, is $760,000.
3. At the end of the lease term, the asset reverts to the lessor and has a guaranteed residual value of $45,000, Martinez estimates that the expected residual value at the end of the lease term will be $45,000. Martinez amortizes all of its leased equipment on a straight-line basis.
4. The lease agreement requires equal annual rental payments, beginning on January 1, 2025.
5. The collectibility of the lease payments is probable.
6. Pearl desires a 10% rate of return on its investments. Martinez's incremental borrowing rate is 11%, and the lessor's implicit rate is unknown.
Annual rental payment is…
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