The Deluxe Corporation has just signed a 168-month lease on an asset with a 19-year life. The

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The Deluxe Corporation has just signed a 168-month lease on an asset with a 19-year life. The minimum lease payments are $1,300 per month ($15,600 per year) and are to be discounted back to the present at a 9 percent annual discount rate. The estimated fair value of the property is $165,000.

a. Calculate the lease period as a percentage to the estimated life of the leased property.

b. Calculate the present value of lease payments as a percentage to the fair value of the property.

c. Should the lease be recorded as a capital lease or an operating lease. (Use criteria 3 and 4 for a capital lease.)


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Foundations of Financial Management

ISBN: 978-1259194078

15th edition

Authors: Stanley Block, Geoffrey Hirt, Bartley Danielsen

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