Question

A lease agreement that qualifies as a finance lease calls for annual lease payments of $50,000 over a four-year lease term (also the asset’s useful life), with the first payment at January 1, the beginning of the lease. The interest rate is 7%

a. Complete the amortization schedule for the first two payments.
b. If the lessee’s fiscal year is the calendar year, what would be the amount of the lease liability that the lessee would report in its balance sheet at the end of the first year? What would be the interest payable?

Answer 1

Answer:

year   beginning       interest       payment   total              ending

          balance          payment                       payment       balance

1          150000               0               50000    50000      150000

2        100000            10500           50000    60500      100000

3        50000              7000            50000     57000      50000

4.       0                       3500             50000     53500       0  

b. The balance of the lease liability reported would be $ 150000

Interest payable would be $150000*0.07 = 10500

Explanation:

the opening balance is without the $50000 paid at the beginning of every year.

interest for the previous year is paid on the beginning of the current along with the payment for the year at the beginning.