At January $1$ of the current year, Widget World Corporation leased manufacturing equipment from Clinton Corporation under a $6-$year lease agreement. The lease agreement specifies annual payments of $$25,000$ beginning January $1$ of the current year, the beginning of the lease, and on each December $31$ thereafter. The equipment was acquired recently by Clinton at a cost of $$146,163($its fair value$)$ and was expected to have a useful life of $8$ years with no salvage value at the end of its life. Because the lease term is only $6$ years, the asset does have an expected residual value at the end of thelease term of $$28,000.$ Clinton seeks a $7\%$ return on its lease investments. By this arrangement, the lease is deemed to be a finance lease.

Required:

Determine the present value of the lease using Excel's PV function.

Prepare the journal entry for Widget World Corporation at the beginning of the lease on January hof the current year.

Prepare a partial amortization schedule for the first year of the lease.

Record the first lease payment on January $1$ of the current year:

Record the amortization of the right$-$of$-$use asset on December $31$ of the current year.

Indicate the amounts related to the lease reported on the year$-$end balance sheets and income statements.

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