On January 1, 2020, Nelson Co. leased a building to Wise Inc. The relevant information related to
Question:
On January 1, 2020, Nelson Co. leased a building to Wise Inc. The relevant information related to the lease is as follows.
1. The lease arrangement is for 10 years. The building is expected to have a residual value at the end of the lease of $3,500,000 (unguaranteed).
2. The leased building has a cost of $4,000,000 and was purchased for cash on January 1, 2020.
3. The building is depreciated on a straight-line basis. Its estimated economic life is 50 years with no salvage value.
4. Lease payments are $275,000 per year and are made at the beginning of the year.
5. Wise has an incremental borrowing rate of 8%, and the rate implicit in the lease is unknown to Wise.
6. Both the lessor and the lessee are on a calendar-year basis.
Instructions
a. Prepare the journal entries that Nelson should make in 2020.
b. Prepare the journal entries that Wise should make in 2020.
c. If Wise paid $30,000 to a real estate broker on January 1, 2020, as a fee for finding the lessor, what is the initial measurement of the right-of-use asset? Explain.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-1119503668
17th edition
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfiel