On January 1, 2018, Worchester Construction leased International Harvester equipment from Newton LeaseCorp. Newton LeaseCorp purchased the

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On January 1, 2018, Worchester Construction leased International Harvester equipment from Newton LeaseCorp. Newton LeaseCorp purchased the equipment from Wellesley Harvester at a cost of $958,158. Worchester borrowing rate for similar transactions is 10%.

The lease agreement specified four annual payments of $200,000 beginning January 1, 2018, the beginning of the lease, and on each December 31 thereafter through 2020. The useful life of the equipment is estimated to be six years. The present value of those four payments at a discount rate of 10% is $697,370.

On January 1, 2020 (after two years and three payments), Worchester and Newton agreed to extend the lease term by two years. The market rate of interest at that time was 9%.

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1. Prepare the appropriate entries for Worchester Construction on January 1, 2020, to adjust its lease liability for the lease modification.

2. Prepare all appropriate entries for Newton LeaseCorp on January 1, 2020, to record the lease modification.

3. Prepare all appropriate entries for Worchester Construction on December 31, 2020, related to the lease.

4. Prepare all appropriate entries for Newton LeaseCorp on December 31, 2020, related to the lease.

Discount Rate
Depending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 9781259722660

9th Edition

Authors: J. David Spiceland, James Sepe, Mark Nelson, Wayne Thomas

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