Allied package express service properly capitalized at


 Leases

 In a lease that is recorded as an operating lease by the lessee, the equal monthly rental payments should be

a.

allocated between interest expense and depreciation expense.

b.

allocated between a reduction in the liability for leased assets and interest expense.

c.

recorded as a reduction in the liability for leased assets.

d.

recorded as rental expense.

 

 

Johnson Institute leased a new machine having an expected useful life of 12 years. The noncancelable lease term is 10 years, and Johnson may exercise a purchase option at the end of the noncancelable term. The machine should be capitalized by Johnson and depreciated over

a.

9 years.

b.

12 years.

c.

10 years.

d.

10 or 12 years at Johnson's option.

 

The lessee's balance sheet liability for a capital lease would be periodically reduced by the

a.

minimum lease payment.

b.

minimum lease payment plus the amortization of the related asset.

c.

minimum lease payment less the amortization of the related asset.

d.

minimum lease payment less the portion of the minimum lease payment allocable to interest.

 

A lease contains a bargain purchase option. In determining the lessee's capitalizable cost at the beginning of the lease term, the payment called for by the bargain purchase option would be

a.

subtracted at its present value.

b.

added at its exercise value.

c.

added at its present value.

d.

subtracted at its exercise price.

 

Which of the following statements characterizes a sales-type lease?

a.

The lessor recognizes only interest revenue over the life of the asset.

b.

The lessor recognizes only interest revenue over the lease term.

c.

The lessor recognizes a dealer's profit at lease inception and interest revenue over the lease term.

d.

The lessor recognizes a dealer's profit at lease inception and interest revenue over the asset life.

 

On January 1, Twix Company as lessee signed a ten-year noncancelable lease for a machine with annual payments of $60,000. The first payment was also made on January 1. Twix appropriately treated this transaction as a capital lease. The ten lease payments have a present value of $405,000 at January 1, based on implicit interest of 10 percent. For the first year, Twix should record interest expense of

a.

$0.

b.

$6,000.

c.

$34,500.

d.

$40,500.

 

 

Allied Package Express Service properly capitalized at $93,598 a large truck it had leased on January 1, 2011. The truck has a 14-year useful life. Title to the truck passes to Allied at the end of the 12-year lease term. Allied depreciates other similar trucks on the straight-line method with no salvage value. The lease agreement calls for annual payments of $11,500 at the beginning of each year of the lease term. The interest rate implicit in the lease (which is known by the lessee) is 8%.

 

How much depreciation and interest expense should Allied record for 2012?

 

     Depreciation      Interest

        Expense         Expense

a.

$7,803              $6,568

b.

$6,686              $6,568

c.

$7,830              $6,173

d.

$6,686              $6,173

 

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