Question

A finance lease agreement calls for quarterly lease payments of $5,376 over a 10-year lease term, with the first payment on July 1, the beginning of the lease. The annual interest rate is 8%. Both the present value of the lease payments and the cost of the asset to the lessor are $150,000. Required: a. Prepare a partial amortization table up to the October 1 payment. b. What would be the amount of interest expense (revenue) the lessee (lessor) would record in conjunction with the second quarterly payment on October 1?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. The preparation of partial amortization is shown below:-

b. $2,892

Explanation:

a. Date Lease  Effective        Decrease in  Outstanding              

             payment     interest           balance          balance

July 1                                                                           $150,000

July 1     $5,376                                  $5,376             $144,624

                                                                                ($150,000 - $5,376)

Oct 1      $5,376       $2,892              $2,484              $142,140

                                                       ( $5,376 - $2,892) ($144,624 - $2,484)

b. Interest expense on October 1 = $2,892

Working Note:-

Take the outstanding balance times 2% (8% annual = 2% quarterly)

So, the Effective interest = $144,624 × 0.02

= $2,892.48