Rhone-Metro Industries manufactures equipment that is sold or leased. On December 31, 2016, Rhone-Metro leased equipment to Western Soya Co. for a noncancelable stated lease term of four years ending December 31, 2020, at which time possession of the leased asset will revert back to Rhone-Metro. The equipment cost $360,000 to manufacture and has an expected useful life of six years. Its normal sales price is $424,925. The expected residual value of $22,000 at December 31, 2020, is not guaranteed. Western Soya Co. can exercise a bargain purchase option on December 30, 2019, at an option price of $8,000. Equal payments under the lease are $155,000 (including $6,000 annual executory costs) and are due on December 31 of each year. The first payment was made on December 31, 2016. Collectibility of the remaining lease payments is reasonably assured, and Rhone-Metro has no material cost uncertainties. Western Soyas incremental borrowing rate is 9%. Western Soya knows the interest rate implicit in the lease payments is 7%. Both companies use straight-line depreciation.

2 How should this lease be classified (a) by Western Soya Co. (the lessee) and (b) by Rhone-Metro Industries (the lessor)?

3 Prepare the appropriate entries for both Western Soya Co. and Rhone-Metro on December 31, 2016. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

5 Prepare the appropriate entries for both Western Soya and Rhone-Metro on December 31, 2017 (the second rent payment and depreciation). (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

6 Prepare the appropriate entries for both Western Soya and Rhone-Metro on December 30, 2019, assuming the BPO is exercised on that date. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)