Tiger, Inc. signed a lease for equipment on July 1, 2007.The lease is for 10 years (the
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Tiger, Inc. signed a lease for equipment on July 1, 2007.The lease is for 10 years (the useful life of the asset).The first of 10 equal annual payments of $500,000 was made on July 1, 2007.The established list selling price for the equipment was $3,375,000.Tiger can borrow money at 12%.Tiger treated this lease as an operating lease and recorded $250,000 rent expense for 2007.You have determined that this is a capital lease and the asset and related obligation should have been recorded at $3,164,125 on July 1, 2007.
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Assuming the use of straight-line amortization and no salvage value, what are the amounts of amortization expense and interest expense the client should have recorded for 2007 for this lease?
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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