Occasionally, a lease agreement includes a guarantee by the lessee that the lessor will recover a specified residual value when custody of the asset reverts back to the lessor at the end of the lease term. Under what circumstance can the guaranteed residual value influence the amounts recorded by the lessee and lessor? In that circumstance, how are the amounts affected?

Occasionally, a lease agreement includes a guarantee by the lessee that the lessor will recover a specified residual value when custody of the asset reverts back to the lessor at the end of the lease term. Under what circumstance can the guaranteed residual value influence the amounts recorded by the lessee and lessor? In that circumstance, how are the amounts affected?

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Chapter11: Notes, Bonds, And Leases

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Use the following information to decide whether this equipment lease qualifies as an operating, sales-type, or direct financing lease to a lessor. a. There is no transfer of ownership at the end of the lease term. There is no bargain purchase option. The lease term is 60% of the economic life of the leased property. The present value of lease payments, including a residual value guaranteed by the lessee, is 100% of the fair value of the leased property to the lessor. The collectability of the lease payments is reasonably assured. The leased asset was not of a specialized nature. b. Same as (a), except that the residual value is guaranteed by a third party, not the lessee. The present value of the residual value guarantee is 15% of the fair value of the leased property. c. Same as (a), except that: the present value of the lease payments, including a residual value guaranteed by the lessee, is only 50% of the fair value of the leased asset. The collectability of the minimum lease payments is not predictable.
What is the basic difference between the accounting procedures used by a lessor for a sales-type lease and those used for a direct-financing lease?
Initially, a lease liability is measured a. by the lessee at the present value of the lease payments that are not paid at the commencement date of the lease. b. by the lessor at the present value of the total lease payments payable at the commencement date of the lease. c. by the lessor at the total cost of the right-of-use asset. d. by the lessee at the total cost of the right-of-use asset.
For a lease that transfers ownership of the property to the lessee by the end of the lease term, the lessee should: a.amortize the right-of-use asset over the economic life of the asset in a manner consistent with the lessee's normal depreciation policy for owned assets b.amortize the right-of-use asset over the lease term in a manner consistent with the lessee's normal depreciation policy for owned assets c.record each lease payment as lease expense d.combine interest expense and amortization expense and report as a single lease expense
At the inception of a finance lease, the guaranteed residual value should be Included at present value as part of the lease payments Included at undiscounted value as part of the lease payments. Ignored by the lessee in computing the lease payments Included at present value as part of the lease payments only to the extent that it exceeds the expected residual value
A lease agreement will qualify as a finance lease if one of these conditionsoccur: A. The lessee returns the leased property to the lessor at the end of the lease term.B. The lease does not have a bargain purchase option.C. The lease term is for major of the economic life of the asset.D. The present value of the minimum lease payment amounts to substantially less than the fair value of the leased asset.
Which of the following is a criterion for classifying a lease for a lessee as a finance lease? The lease term is for a major part of the asset’s economic life. The lease transfers ownership of the asset to the lessee at the end of the lease term. The present value of the lease payments equals or exceeds substantially the asset’s fair value. All of the above.
Which of the following statements about purchase option is correct? The lessee includes its present value on the computation of lease liability only if it is guaranteed. None of the other choices is correct. It is ignored if the leased asset reverts back to the lessor at the end of the useful life. Its present value is added to get the lease liability if it is reasonably certain that it will be exercised.
When should a lessor recognize as income a nonrefundable lease bonus paid by a lessee on signing an operating lease? at the inception of the lease over the lease term at the lease expiration when received
The situation which would normally lead to a lease being classified as afinance lease include all of the following, except A. The lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset to the lessee at the end of the lease term. B. The lessee has the option to purchase the asset at a price which is expected to be sufficiently higher than the fair value at the date the option becomes exercisable. C. The lease term is for the major part of the economic life of the underlying asset even if title is not transferred. D. The present value of the lease payments amounts to substantially all of the fair value of the underlying asset at the inception of the lease.
Which of the following statements characterizes a sales-type lease? The lessor recognizes only interest revenue over the life of the asset.. The lessor recognizes a dealer profit at lease inception and interest revenue over the lease term. The lessor recognizes a dealer profit at lease inception and interest revenue over the useful life. The lessor recognizes only interest revenue over the lease term.
The lessee normally measures the lease liability to be recorded as the: Select one: a. Present value of the minimum lease payments. b. The future value of the minimum lease payments c. The fair market value of the leased asset. d. The sum of the cash payments over the term of the lease.