Mac Leasing Company (lessor) and Ash Corporation (lessee) signed a four-year lease on January 1, 2020. The underlying asset has an estimated life of six years, and the property reverts to Mac at the end of the lease term. Lease payments of $34,577 are payable on January 1 of each year and were set to yield Mac a return of 8%, which was known to Ash. The estimated residual value at the end of the lease term is $29,000 and is guaranteed by Ash Corporation. Ash expects the estimated residual value at the end of the lease term to be $29,000. The lease contains no purchase option.

a) Prepare an amortization schedule of the lease liability.

b)Prepare the entries for Ash Company for 2020.

c)Let’s now assume that Ash Corporation expects the estimated residual value at the end of the lease term to be $10,150 instead. Prepare the entries for Ash Corporation for 2020.