On January 1, 2020, Nelson Co. leased a building to Wise Inc. The relevant information related to

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On January 1, 2020, Nelson Co. leased a building to Wise Inc. The relevant information related to the lease is as follows.

1. The lease arrangement is for 10 years. The building is expected to have a residual value at the end of the lease of $3,500,000 (unguaranteed).

2. The leased building has a cost of $4,000,000 and was purchased for cash on January 1, 2020.

3. The building is depreciated on a straight-line basis. Its estimated economic life is 50 years with no salvage value.

4. Lease payments are $275,000 per year and are made at the beginning of the year.

5. Wise has an incremental borrowing rate of 8%, and the rate implicit in the lease is unknown to Wise.

6. Both the lessor and the lessee are on a calendar-year basis.


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a. Prepare the journal entries that Nelson should make in 2020.

b. Prepare the journal entries that Wise should make in 2020.

c. If Wise paid $30,000 to a real estate broker on January 1, 2020, as a fee for finding the lessor, what is the initial measurement of the right-of-use asset? Explain.

Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
Broker
A broker is someone or something that acts as an intermediary third party, managing transactions between two other entities. A broker is a person or company authorized to buy and sell stocks or other investments. They are the ones responsible for...
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-1119503668

17th edition

Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfiel

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