On January 1, 2014, Doug Nelson Co. leased a building to Patrick Wise Inc. The relevant information

Question:

On January 1, 2014, Doug Nelson Co. leased a building to Patrick Wise Inc. The relevant information related to the lease is as follows.
1. The lease arrangement is for 10 years.
2. The leased building cost $4,500,000 and was purchased for cash on January 1, 2014.
3. The building is depreciated on a straight-line basis. Its estimated economic life is 50 years with no .
4. Lease payments are $275,000 per year and are made at the end of the year.
5. Property tax expense of $85,000 and insurance expense of $10,000 on the building were incurred by Nelson in the first year. Payment on these two items was made at the end of the year.
6. Both the lessor and the lessee are on a calendar-year basis.

Instructions
(a) Prepare the journal entries that Nelson Co. should make in 2014.
(b) Prepare the journal entries that Wise Inc. should make in 2014.
(c) If Nelson paid $30,000 to a real estate on January 1, 2014, as a fee for finding the lessee, how much should be reported as an expense for this item in 2014 by Nelson Co.?

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