Mackey Company acquired equipment on January 1, 2011, through a leasing agreement that required an annual payments of $30,000. Assume that the lease has a term of five year and that the life of the equipment is also five years. The lease is treated as a capital lease, and the FMV of the equipment is $119,781. Mackey uses the straight-line method to depreciated its fixed assets. The effective annual interest rate on the lease is 8 percent.

Required:

(a) Compute the amounts that would complete the table:

(b) Compute rent expense for 2011-2015 if the lease is treated as an operating lease.(c) Compute total expense over the five-year period under the two methods and comment.

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Balance Sheet Value of Equipment Depreciation Expense Leasehold Interest Total Obligation Expense Expense Date 1/1/11 12/31/12 12/31/13 12/31/14 12/31/15