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Leases - entries

ASAcca student7y ago
Please, could you check the following problem and confirm my entries on Debit and Credit sides are right: A lessee enters into a five-year lease of a building which has a remaining useful life of ten years. Lease payments are $50,000 per annum, payable at the beginning of each year. The lessee incurs initial direct costs of $20,000 and receives lease incentives of $5,000. There is no transfer of the asset at the end of the lease and no purchase option. The interest rate implicit in the lease is not immediately determinable but the lessee’s incremental borrowing rate is 5%. At the commencement date the lessee pays the initial $50,000, incurs the direct costs and receives the lease incentives. 1)rentals in arrears Initital recognition DR CR Right of use 216474 Expense 15000 Liability 216474 Cash 15000 subsequently DR CR Right of use 216474 Depreciation 43294,8 Finance cost 10823,7 Acc. depr-n 43294,8 Liability Current 41135,115 Non current 136162,585 Cash 50000 2)rentals in advance DR CR recognition Right of use: Expenses 15000 Lease 177297 Initial payment 50000 Liability: Lease Liability 177297 Cash (rental) 50000 Cash (expense) 15000 subsequently DR CR Right of use 242297 Depreciation 48459,4 Finance cost 6364,85 Liability Current 50000 Non current 83661,85 Cash 65000 Acc. depr-n 48459,4 Here I can't understand, what is missing on credit side (50 000) . Thank you.
P2-D2P2-D2Tutor7y ago#1
Hi, Where is it that you cannot see the 50,000 credit? Thanks
ASAcca student7y ago#2
I have revised your notes and watched lectures again. I am bit confused now. This is a text: "A lessee enters into a five-year lease of a building which has a remaining useful life of ten years. Lease payments are $50,000 per annum, payable at the beginning of each year. The lessee incurs initial direct costs of $20,000 and receives lease incentives of $5,000. There is no transfer of the asset at the end of the lease and no purchase option. The interest rate implicit in the lease is not immediately determinable but the lessee’s incremental borrowing rate is 5%. At the commencement date the lessee pays the initial $50,000, incurs the direct costs and receives the lease incentives. " In case of rentals paid in advance, they give the following solution: Annuity factor is calculated using 4 years, giving 177297 as discounted liability. Assets and liabilities will initially be recognized as follows: Debit Right-of-use asset: Initial payment 50,000 Discounted liability 177,297 Initial direct costs 20,000 Incentives received (5,000) Total: 242297 But what I understood from your lectures, we have to take 5 years for annuity factor adding other costs and deducting incentives. This totaled 231473 in my case. Is there any information I miss here ? I can't understand, what amount is correct. And could you please be so kind to show allocation of initial recognition amounts to credits and debits, using correct amounts. Thank you.
P2-D2P2-D2Tutor7y ago#3
Yes, but payments are in advance and so the discounting is from T0 to T4, and not T1 to T5 as is the case when payments are in arrears. Does that clear it up for you? Thanks
ASAcca student7y ago#4
Yes, but how should we recognize right of use and liability in exam question -T0 to T4 or T1-T5 in case of advance payments? in your lecture you you apply T1-T5, right? Thank you
P2-D2P2-D2Tutor7y ago#5
Yes, the payments were in arrears in the lecture example but they could also be in advance, and so you need to adjust the discount factor used. I doubt that you'd be expected to do this in the exam and would be given the PV of the future lease payments. Thanks
Kkwame3y ago#6
A lessee, Jack Ltd enters into a five-year lease of a building which has a remaining useful life of ten years. Lease payments are GH¢5,000,000 per annum, payable at the beginning of each year. The lessee incurs initial direct costs of GH¢2,000,000 and receives lease incentives of GH¢500,000. There is no transfer of the asset at the end of the lease and no purchase option. The interest rate implicit in the lease is not immediately determinable but the lessee’s incremental borrowing rate is 5%.Required: Explain and illustrate how the above transaction should be accounted for by the Jack Ltd for the five years.
P2-D2P2-D2Tutor3y ago#7
Sorry, but I'm not here to just answer a full question for you. You need to attempt it fully first and then if you are struggling on a particular aspect then you can let me know and then I can help you out. Thanks
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