A comparison between Operating Lease and Capital Lease Now assume that Company ABC leases an equipment for 5 years instead. Othe
r information mostly remains the same (except for highlighted texts) Leased assets have an expected life of 5 years Depreciation is straight line Annual lease payment is $2,505. *Interest rate is 8%. the ownership of the property goes back to the lessor at the end of the lease term Lease payments are made at beginning of each year *the present value of the lease payment is 10,000 (Present value of 2,505 ordinary annuity for 5 years at 8%) Fair value of the equipment is 10,000 The lease does not contain a bargain purchase option a. Determining type of lease. lease transfers ownership of property to lessee by end of the lease term (ii) lease contains an option to purchase the property at a bargain price (iii) lease term is 75% or more of estimated economic life of the property v) the present value of rentals and other minimum lease payments at beginning of lease term is 90% or more of the fair value of leased property Which of the above criteria is met? Correct Correct Correct Correct Based on your answers above, what type of lease is this? Correct (ii) NO ii) YES (iv) YES Capital lease b. To record the type of lease indicated above, multiple journal entries are required 1) To record the initiation of the lease, an lease asset and a lease obligation is recorded on the book at the fair value of the equipment Dr: asset Correct 10000 Correct Cr: Lease liability Correct 10000 Correct 2) At the end of year 1, the following two journal entries are recorded First, as the lessee recorded the "leased asset" on the balance sheet, it is necessary to depreciate this asset. To record the depreciation expense using the straight-line depreciation method To record the depreciation expense using the straight-line depreciation method (over a 5-year period, no residual value), the company records the following JE Dr: eciation expense 2000 Correct Correct Accumulated Dr Correct Cr: 2000 Correct Second, at the time the lessee makes cosh payment of $2505, a portion of that is considered payment of interest expense (coiculoted os principle times interest rotel the rest is considered repoyment ot principle (this is exactly like when you pay a mortgage on a car or a house) the following journal entry is he recorded inter est expense Lease liability Correct Correct Cash enter amount enter amount Correct 2505 Correct
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Answer:
E. $20,500
Explanation:
The average investment is defined as the average between the initial investment and the salvage value of the equipment.
In this situation, Carmel Corporation had an initial investment of $41,000 for the machine and its salvage value is zero. Therefore, Carmel's average investment is:
The answer is alternative E. $20,500