Question - On January 1, 2017, Kingbird Co. leased a building to Oriole Inc. The relevant information related to the lease is as follows.
1. The lease arrangement is for 10 years.
2. The leased building cost $4,100,000 and was purchased for cash on January 1, 2017.
3. The building is depreciated on a straight-line basis. Its estimated economic life is 50 years with no salvage value.
4. Lease payments are $289,700 per year and are made at the end of the year.
5. Property tax expense of $76,600 and insurance expense of $9,500 on the building were incurred by Kingbird in the first year. Payment on these two items was made at the end of the year.
6. Both the lessor and the lessee are on a calendar-year basis.
(a) Prepare the journal entries that Kingbird Co. should make in 2017.
(b) Prepare the journal entries that Oriole Inc. should make in 2017.
(c) If Kingbird paid $27,000 to a real estate broker on January 1, 2017, as a fee for finding the lessee, how much should Kingbird Co. report as an expense for this item in 2017?