On January 1, 2021, Calloway Company leased a machine to Zone Corporation. The lease qualifies as a sales-type lease. Calloway paid $280,000 for the machine and is leasing it to Zone for $38,000 per year, an amount that will return 9% to Calloway. The present value of the lease payments is $280,000. The lease payments are due each January 1, beginning in 2021. What is the appropriate interest entry on December 31, 2021

Based on the information given we were told that the company paid the amount of $280,000 for the machine in which the company will be leasing the machine to Zone for the amount of $38,000 per year while 9% of the amount will be return to Calloway which means that the interest entry on December 31, 2021 will be recorded as:

Dr Interest receivable 21,780

Cr Interest revenue 21,780

Calculated as :

Cost of machine $280,000

Less lease amount per year $38,000

=$242,000

Hence,

$242,000*9%

=$21,780