Part 4: Lessee-Lessor Entries: Sales-Type Lease On January 1, 2015, Capital Corp. leased equipment to Hinton Corporation. The following information pertains to this lease. 1. The term of the noncancelable lease is 12 years, with no renewal option. The equipment reverts to the lessor at the termination of the lease. 2. Equal rental payments are due on January 1 of each year, beginning in 2015. 3. The fair value of the equipment on January 1, 2015, is $225,000, and its cost is $180,000. 4. The equipment has an economic life of 16 years. Hinton depreciates all of its equipment on a straight-line basis. 5. Capital set the annual rental to ensure an 11% rate of return. Hintons incremental borrowing rate is 12%, and the implicit rate of the lessor is unknown. 6. Collectability of lease payments is reasonably predictable, and no important uncertainties surround the amount of costs yet to be incurred by the lessor.

Discuss the nature of this lease to Capital and Hinton. Use the blank area in the template following the journal entries to make your notes.

Calculate the amount of the annual rental payment.

Prepare all the necessary journal entries for Hinton for 2015.

Prepare all the necessary journal entries for Capital for 2015.

Where appropriate, show all calculations leading to the final solution.