On January 1, 2017 Baggins Co. leases gardening equipment to Gamgee Inc. The details are as follows:

• The lease has a non-cancelable term of 6 years.
• Ownership is not transferred, there is no purchase option, and the asset is not specialized in nature. Collectability of payments is probable.
• The core has a fair value of $245,000, a book value of $200,000, a useful life of 9 years, and a salvage value of $4,000.
• At the end of the lease term, Baggins expects the core to be worth $24,335. None of the equipments residual value has been guaranteed by Gamgee.
• Based on assessed risk Baggins has priced an 8% rate of return into the lease. Gamgees incremental borrowing rate is 9%.
• Equal payments are due at the beginning of each year. Both firms have December 31^st fiscal year ends.

1. Determine the payments Baggins will set for the lease.

2. Classify this lease for Baggins.

3. Prepare Baggins amortization table.

4. Prepare the 2017 and 2018 journal entries for Baggins.

5. Make the final entries Baggins will make for the lease (the December 31, 2022 entries). Assume that the equipments value at the conclusion of the lease is $23,000. Also make the entries Baggins would make if the equipments value at the end of the lease is $26,000.

6. Assuming the equipment came back worth $23,000 at the end of the lease, what is the total profit Baggins records over the entire life of the lease?