Professional Documents
Culture Documents
SAMPLE PROBLEMS
PROBLEM 1(adapted): Presented below are three different aircraft lease transactions that
occurred for Midwest Airways in 2002. All the leases start on January 1, 2002. In no case
does Midwest receive title to the aircraft during or at the end of the lease period; nor is
there a bargain purchase option.
Lessor
Unruh Insurance Maris Leasing Gregg Leasing
Type of property 747 Aircraft 727 Aircraft L-1011 Aircraft
Yearly rental $5,908,781 $4,954,021 $2,851,861
Lease term 15 years 15 years 20 years
Estimated economic life 25 years 25 years 25 years
Fair market value of
leased asset $55,000,000 $49,000,000 $32,000,000
Present value of lease
rental payments $50,000,000 $42,000,000 $28,000,000
Instructions:
(a) Which of the above leases are operating leases and which are capital leases?
(b) How should the lease transaction with Unruh Insurance be recorded in 2002?
(c) How should the lease transaction with Maris Leasing be recorded in 2002?
1. Gant Car Rental leased a car to Mott Corporation for one year. Terms of the operating
lease call for monthly payments of $750.
PROBLEM 3 (adapted): Rapp Co. leased a new machine to Lake Co. on January 1, 2003.
The lease is an operating lease and expires on January 1, 2008. The annual rental is
$90,000. Additionally, on January 1, 2003, Lake paid $50,000 to Rapp as a lease bonus and
$25,000 as a security deposit to be refunded upon expiration of the lease. In Rapp’s 2003
income statement, the amount of rental revenue should be:
PROBLEM 4 (adapted): On January 1, 2003, Wren Co. leased a building to Brill under an
operating lease for ten years at $50,000 per year, payable the first day of each lease year.
Wren paid $15,000 to a real estate broker as a finder’s fee. The building is depreciated
$12,000 per year. For 2003, Wren incurred insurance and property tax expense totaling
$9,000. Wren’s net rental income for 2003 should be:
PROBLEM 5 (adapted): On January 1, 2003, Park Co. signed a ten-year operating lease for
office space at $96,000 per year. The lease included a provision for additional rent of 5% of
annual company sales in excess of $500,000. Park’s sales for the year ended December 31,
2003, were $600,000. Upon execution of the lease, Park paid $24,000 as a bonus for the
lease. Park’s rent expense for the year ended December 31, 2003, is:
PROBLEM 6 (adapted): Peg Co. leased equipment from Howe Corp. on July 1, 2003 for an
eight-year period expiring June 30, 2011. Equal payments under the lease are $600,000
and are due on July 1 of each year. The first payment was made on July 1, 2003. The rate
of interest contemplated by Peg and Howe is 10%. The cash selling price of the equipment
is $3,520,000, and the cost of the equipment on Howe’s accounting records is $2,800,000.
The lease is appropriately recorded as a sales type lease. What is the amount of profit on
the sale and interest revenue that Howe should record for the year ended December 31,
2003?
PROBLEM 7 (adapted): On December 31, 2003, Day Co. leased a new machine from Parr
with the following pertinent information:
The lease is not renewable, and the machine reverts to Parr at the termination of the lease.
The cost of the machine on Parr’s accounting records is $375,500. At the beginning of the
lease term, Day should record a lease liability of:
PROBLEM 8 (adapted): On January 1, 2003, Day Corp. entered into a ten-year lease
agreement with Ward, Inc. for industrial equipment. Annual lease payments of $10,000 are
payable at the end of each year. Day knows that the lessor expects a 10% return on the
lease. Day has a 12% incremental borrowing rate. The equipment is expected to have an
estimated useful life of ten years. In addition, a third party has guaranteed to pay Ward a
residual value of $5,000 at the end of the lease.
In Day’s October 31, 2003 balance sheet, the principal amount of the lease obligation was
PROBLEM 9 (adapted): On December 30, 2003, Rafferty Corp. leased equipment under a
capital lease. Annual lease payments of $20,000 are due December 31 for ten years. The
equipment’s useful life is ten years, and the interest rate implicit in the lease is 10%. The
capital lease obligation was recorded on December 30, 2003, at $135,000, and the first
lease payment was made on that date. What amount should Rafferty include in current
liabilities for this capital lease in its December 31, 2003 balance sheet?
PROBLEM 10 (adapted): East Company leased a new machine from North Company on May
1, 2003, under a lease with the following information:
East has the option to purchase the machine on May 1, 2013 by paying $50,000, which
approximates the expected fair value of the machine on the option exercise date. On May 1,
2003, East should record a capitalized lease asset of:
PROBLEM 11 (adapted): On January 1, 2003, Hooks Oil Co. sold equipment with a carrying
amount of $100,000, and a remaining useful life of ten years, to Maco Drilling for $150,000.
Hooks immediately leased the equipment back under a ten-year capital lease with a present
value of $150,000 and will depreciate the equipment using the straight-line method. Hooks
made the first annual lease payment of $24,412 in December 2003. In Hooks’ December
31, 2003 balance sheet, the unearned gain on equipment sale should be:
PROBLEM 12 (adapted): On July 1, 2014, Radium Inc. leased a delivery truck from Titanium
Corp. under a 3-year operating lease. Total rent for the term of the lease will be P360,000
payable as follows:
12 months at P5,000 per month P60,000
12 months at P7,500 per month 90,000
12 months at P17,500 per month 210,000
All payments were made when due. In Radium’s June 30, 2016 balance sheet, what amount
should be reported as accrued rent payable?
PROBLEM 14 (adapted): On January 1, 2014, Peter Pan Company sold equipment with the
carrying amount of P1,000,000 and a remaining economic life of 10 years to Koko Drilling
for P1,500,000. Peter Pan immediately leased the equipment back under a 10-year finance
lease payment of P244,120 in December 2014.
In December 31, 2014 statement of financial position, how much should be the adjusted
unearned gain on equipment sale?
PROBLEM 16 (adapted): On June 30, 2014, Potassium Company sold an equipment with an
estimated economic life of 10 years and immediately leased it back for 8 years. The
equipment’s carrying amount was P450,000, the sales price was P430,000.
What amount should Potassium report as deferred loss on its June 30, 2014 statement of
financial position?
PROBLEM 17 (adapted): On January 2, 2014, Dioxide Mining Co. (lessee) entered into a 5-
year lease for drilling equipment. Dioxide accounted for the acquisition as a finance lease for
P2,400,000 which includes a P100,000 bargain purchase option.
Dioxides estimates that the equipment fair value will be P200,000 at the end of its 8-year
economic life. Dioxide regularly uses straight-line depreciation on similar equipment.
For the year ended December 31, 2014, what amount should Dioxide recognize as
depreciation expense on the leased asset?
PROBLEM 18 (adapted): Start Company leased a new machine from End Company on
December 31, 2014 under a lease agreement with the following pertinent information: