Question

On January 1, Year 1, Frost Co. entered into a 2-year lease agreement with Ananz Co. to lease a new computer. The lease term begins on January 1, Year 1, and ends on December 31, Year 2. The lease agreement requires Frost to pay Ananz two annual lease payments of $8,000. The present value of the minimum lease payments is $13,000. Which of the following circumstances would require Frost to classify and account for the arrangement as a finance lease?
a. Frost does not have the option of purchasing the computers at the end of the lease term.
b. The fair value of the computers on January 1, year 1 is $14,000.
c. The economic life of the computers is three years.
d. Ownership of the computers remains with Ananz throughout the lease term and after the lease ends.

Answer 1

Answer:

Frost (Lessee) and Ananz (Lessor)

The circumstance that would require Frost to classify and account for the arrangement as a finance lease is:

c. The economic life of the computers is three years.

Explanation:

a) Data:

Annual lease payments = $8,000

Present value of the minimum lease payments = $13,000

Fair value of the computer = $14,000

The economic life of the computers = 3 years

The lease period = 2 years

b) One of the conditions for classifying the lease arrangement as a finance lease is that the lease term of 2 years forms a significant part of the asset's useful life of 3 years.  Other conditions include:

Firstly, ownership of the asset is transferred to the lessee at the end of the lease term.  The second condition is that the lessee can purchase the asset below its fair value.