Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Merrill Corporation, which uses private enterprise GAAP, enters

Merrill Corporation, which uses private enterprise GAAP, enters into a six-year lease of machinery on September 13, 2011, that requires six annual payments of $28,000 each, beginning September 13, 2011. In addition, Merrill guarantees the lessor a residual value of $17,000 at lease end. The machinery has a useful life of six years. Prepare Merrill’s September 13, 2011 journal entries, assuming an interest rate of 9%.


Leased Machinery........................ 147,047
    Lease Obligation....................           147,047

Using tables:
     PV of rentals  $28,000 X 4.88965  $136,910
    [PV of guar. RV $17,000 X .59627    10,137
                                       $147,047
Excel formula =PV(rate,nper,pmt,fv,type)

Using a financial calculator:

PV
 $   ?  
Yields  $147,047
I
9%

N
                     6

PMT
 $ 28,000

FV
 $ 17,000  

Type
                     1


Lease Obligation........................ 28,000
    Cash................................           28,000