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2 very similar lease questions with different answers

Ttwistedheat7y ago
Question 1 (107 in 2019 revision kit for BPP): Plant acquired on 5 year lease on 1st Oct. Lease requires immediate deposit of $2m. PV of future payments is $25m Implicit finance cost 10% Rental payment $6m payable on 30th sept. This question answers it as: PV of future payments $25m Deposit $2m Right of use asset $27m Initial payment ($2m) $25m Interest 10% x 25m Rental payment ($6m) Question 2 (Question 3 in BPP revision kit mock paper 1): Item of plant on 5 year lease on 1st oct PV of lease payments $25m Immediate deposit $2m Implicit interest 10% Rental $6m payable on 30th sept This answers the question as: $25m - $2m = $23m Interest 10% x $23m Rental charge ($6m) Almost exactly the same question but answered different, even though they are worded identically. I thought the first answer (add deposit to PV of lease payments to get right of use asset and then deduct the deposit before we calculate interest) was the right answer, so that is how I answered it for the 2nd question but got it wrong.
Ttwistedheat7y ago#1
I should add, my issue isn't with the final answer but with how they arrived at said answer, especially with regards to the treatment of the initial deposit and the figure on which the interest is calculated thereafter.
P2-D2P2-D2Tutor7y ago#2
Hi, I think the questions are a bit unfair and I'm unsure if there would be something as nasty in the exam. The difference is in the wording of the question. In the first question it gives the present value of the FUTURE lease payments, so given the deposit is paid immediately then this is not a payment in the future and so is not part of the present value calculation. Therefore the deposit needs to be added to the present value calculation to get the total present value of the lease payment. In the second question we are given the present value of the lease payments, and so as this is not the future payments then we are to assume that this figure is the total present value of the lease payments inclusive of the deposit. All a bit crazy but I hope this helps you see the madness in the two questions. Thanks
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