Flint Company leased equipment to Land Company for a five-year period. Flint paid ($ 46,965) for the
Question:
Flint Company leased equipment to Land Company for a five-year period. Flint paid \(\$ 46,965\) for the equipment, its current carrying value (estimated useful life five years). The lease started on January 1, 2020. Flint uses a target rate of return of \(8 \%\) in all lease contracts. The first payment was on January 1, 2020, and the accounting periods end on December 31. The equipment reverts to the lessor at the end of the lease term at which time the lessor estimates that the equipment will have an unguaranteed residual value of \(\$ 2,000\).
Required
a. Compute the annual payment for the lessor.
b. Prepare an amortization schedule of the lease receivable for the lessor.
c. Provide journal entries for 2020 and 2021 for the lessor assuming that the equipment is held in the lessor's Inventory account.
d. Record the entry on January 1, 2025, for the return of the equipment assuming the equipment had a fair value of \(\$ 2,000\).
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Intermediate Accounting Volume 2
ISBN: 9781618533135
2nd Edition
Authors: Hanlon, Hodder, Nelson, Roulstone, Dragoo