Question

On January 1, 2017, Burke Corporation signed a 5-year noncancelable lease for a machine. The terms of the lease called for Burke to make annual payments of $8,668 at the beginning of each year, starting January 1, 2017. The machine has an estimated useful life of 6 years and a $5,000 unguaranteed residual value. The machine reverts back to the lessor at the end of the lease term. Burke uses the straight-line method of depreciation for all of its plant assets. Burke's incremental borrowing rate is 10%, and the lessor's implicit rate is unknown. Instructions (a) What type of lease is this?

Answer 1

Operating Lease

Step-by-step explanation:

5years / 6 years = 83.33% above 75% of the useful life

the ownership reverts at the end of the lease

the lessor has risk considering the residual value is not guaranteed

We aren't given with information about the asset value to check if it is paying the entire value of the asset.

But for the information given we can conclude it is an operating lease.