Doxey Company purchased a machine on January 1, 2015, for $1,250,000 for the express purpose of leasing
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Doxey Company purchased a machine on January 1, 2015, for $1,250,000 for the express purpose of leasing it. The machine was expected to have a nine-year life from January 1, 2015, to have no salvage value, and to be depreciated on a straight-line basis. On March 1, 2015, Doxey leased the machine to Mondale Company for $300,000 a year for a four-year period ending February 28, 2019. The appropriate interest rate is 12% compounded annually. Doxey paid a total of $15,000 for maintenance, insurance, and property taxes on the machine for the year ended December 31, 2015. Mondale paid $300,000 to Doxey on March 1, 2015. Doxey retains title to the property and plans to lease it to someone else after the four-year lease period. Give all the 2015 entries relating to the lease on
(1) Doxey Company's books
(2) Mondale Company's books. Assume both sets of books are maintained on the calendar-year basis.
Salvage ValueSalvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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