On July 1, 2008, Falk Company signed a contract to lease space in a building for 25 years. The lease contract calls for annual (prepaid) rental payments of $100,000 on each July 1 throughout the life of the lease and for the lessee to pay for all additions and improvements to the leased property. On June 25, 2013, Falk decides to sublease the space to Ryan & Associates for the remaining 20 years of the lease-Ryan pays $240,000 to Falk for the right to sublease and it agrees to assume the obligation to pay the $100,000 annual rent to the building owner beginning July 1, 2013. After taking possession of the leased space, Ryan pays for improving the office portion of the leased space at a $140,000 cost. The improvements are paid for by Ryan on July 5, 2013, and are estimated to have a useful life equal to the 26 years remaining in the life of the building.
1. Prepare entries for Ryan to record:
a. Its payment to Falk for the right to sublease the building space
i. Record the sublease for $240,000 cash.
b. Its payment of the 2013 annual rent to the building owner
i. Record the annual lease rental of $100,000 cash.
c. Its payment for the office improvements
i. Record the costs of leasehold improvements of $140,000 cash.
2. Prepare Ryan's year-end adjusting entries required at December 31, 2013
a. To amortize the $240,000 cost of the sublease
i. Record the year-end adjusting entry for the amortization expense of the leasehold.
b. To amortize the office improvements
i. Record the year-end adjusting entry for the amortization expense of the leasehold improvements
c. To record rent expense
i. Record the year-end adjusting entry for the rent expense.