Exercise 21
Exercise 21
Exercise 21
Fieval Leassing Company signs an agreement on January 1,2011, to lease equipment to Reid
Company. The following information relates to the agreement.
1. The term of the non-cancelable lease is 6 years with no renewal option. The equipment has an
estimated economic life og 6 years
2. the cost and fair value of the asset at January 1, 2010, is £343,000
3. The asset will revert to the lessor at the end of the lease term, at which time the asset is
expected to have a residual value of £61,071, none of which is guaranteed
4. Reid Company assumes direct responsibility for all executor costs
5. The agreement requires equal annual rental payments, beginning on January 1, 2010
Instructions
Intructions
a) Prepare the journal entries that Secada Co. should make in 2011
b) Prepare the journal entries that Ryker Inc. should make in 2011
c) If Secada paid €30,000 to a real estate broker on January 1, 2011, as a fee for finding the lesse,
how much should be reported as an expense for this item in 2011 by Secada Co.?
Solutions
(a) Entries for Secada are as follows:
(c) The real estate broker’s fee should be capitalized and amortized equally over the 10-year period. As
a result, real estate fee expense of $3,000 (€30,000 ÷ 10) should be reported in each period.