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E 2 1 . 1 7 ( LO 3 , 4 ) ( Accounting for an Operating Lease ) On January 1 , 2 0

E21.17(LO 3,4)(Accounting for an Operating Lease) On January 1,2020, Nelson Co. leased a
building to Wise Inc. The relevant information related to the lease is as follows.
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).
The leased building has a cost of $4,000,000 and was purchased for cash on January 1,2020.
The building is depreciated on a straight-line basis. Its estimated economic life is 50 years with no
salvage value.
Lease payments are $275,000 per year and are made at the beginning of the year.
Wise has an incremental borrowing rate of 8%, and the rate implicit in the lease is unknown to Wise.
Both the lessor and the lessee are on a calendar-year basis.
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a. Prepare the journal entries that Nelson should make in 2020.
b. Prepare the journal entries that Wise should make in 2020.
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