Question

Hayes Corp. is a manufacturer of truck trailers. On January 1, 2021, Hayes Corp. leases ten trailers to Lester Company under a six-year non-cancelable lease agreement. The following information about the lease and the trailers is provided: 1) Annual payment of $120,175 is due on January 1, 2021 and at December 31 from 2021 to 2025. Hayes Corp. has an implicit rate of 8% (present value factor for 6 periods at 8% is 4.99271). 2) Titles to the trailers pass to Lester at the end of the lease. 3) The fair value of each trailer is $60,000. The cost of each trailer to Hayes Corp. is $54,000. Each trailer has an expected useful life of nine years. 4) Collectibility of the lease payments is probable. Instructions (a) What type of lease is this for the Lester Company and Hayes Corp? (b) Prepare a lease amortization schedule for Lester Company till 12/31/2021. (c) Prepare the journal entries for Lester Company on 1/1/2021 and 12/31/2021. Round all amounts to the nearest dollar.

Answer 1

FINANCING LEASE.

trailer 600,000 debit

lease liability 479,825 credit

cash 120,175 credit

--to record Jan 1st entry--

interest expense 38,386 debit

lease liability 81,789 credit

cash 120,175 credit

--to record Dec 31st entry--

Step-by-step explanation:

The lease is for more than half of the asset useful life. Also, it has a present value equal to the fair value of the trailer. Also, ownership is acquired at the end of the lease life.

To build the schedule we calculate the interest on the principal

then, we subtract that from the installment to get the principal amortization and solve for the remaining at year-end

we repeat this procedure during the life of the lease.

Jan 1st, 2021

the journal entries will recognize the lease liability, the cash from the first payment, and the trailers received

Dec 31st, 2021

Here we must recognize the interest expense as well as the decrease in the lease liability.