On December 31, 2016, Tamarisk Corporation signed a 5-year, non-cancelable lease for a machine. The terms of the lease called for Tamarisk to make annual payments of $8,978 at the beginning of each year, starting December 31, 2016. The machine has an estimated useful life of 6 years and a $5,200 unguaranteed residual value. The machine reverts back to the lessor at the end of the lease term. Tamarisk uses the straight-line method of depreciation for all of its plant assets. Tamarisk’s incremental borrowing rate is 10%, and the lessor’s implicit rate is unknown.
Prepare all necessary journal entries for Tamarisk for this lease through December 31, 2017.
a. To record the lease
Account Title | Debit | Credit |
b. To record first lease payment
Account Title | Debit | Credit |
c. To record amortization of right-of-use asset
Account Title | Debit | Credit |
d. To record interest expense
Account Title | Debit | Credit |
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