On January 1, 2024, NRC Credit Corporation leased equipment to Brand Services under a finance/sales-type lease designed to earn NRC a 12% rate of return for providing long-term financing. The lease agreement specified the following:

1.Ten annual payments of $68,000 beginning January 1, 2024, the beginning of the lease and each December 31 thereafter through 2032.

2.The estimated useful life of the leased equipment is 10 years with no residual value. Its cost to NRC was $392,352.

3.The lease qualifies as a finance lease/sales-type lease.

4.A 10-year service agreement with Quality Maintenance Company was negotiated to provide maintenance of the equipment as required. Payments of $6,000 per year are specified, beginning January 1, 2024. NRC was to pay this cost as incurred, but lease payments reflect this expenditure.

5.A partial amortization schedule, appropriate for both the lessee and lessor, follows:

Note: Use tables, Excel, or a financial calculator. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1)

Payments	Effective Interest (12% Outstanding balance)	Decrease in Balance	Outstanding Balance
				392,352
1/1/2024	62,000		62,000	330,352
12/31/2024	62,000	0.12(330,352) = 39,642	22,358	307,994
12/31/2022	62,000	0.12(307,994) = 36,959	25,041	282,953

Required:

1.Prepare the appropriate entries for the lessee related to the lease on January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.

2.Prepare the appropriate entries for the lessor related to the lease on January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.