Assume the five-year lease in which ELC entered requires the same lease payments as the preceding operating lease. That is, Este Lauder agrees to pay

Assume the five-year lease in which ELC entered requires the same lease payments as the preceding operating lease. That is, Estée Lauder agrees to pay $150,000 in year 1, $155,000 in year 2, $159,000 in year 3, $163,000 in year 4, $167,000 in year 5. Payments will be made at the end of each year. And the discount rate is still 0.7 percent. ELC amortizes the ROU asset on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

At the commencement of the finance lease, the capitalized ROU asset and lease liability are still $777,000, the same value we calculated in the operating lease case, because the present value of future lease payments is unchanged.

In the following section, you’ll need to build journal entries for the next five years. To get you started, the journal entries for years 1 and 2 have been completed. Please take a close look at how transactions are recorded and apply the same process to transactions in the remaining years.

At the end of year 1:

1. Record straight-line amortization expense ($777/5 = $155.4) and adjust the ROU asset accordingly
2. Record interest expense ($777 × 0.7% = $5.4) and reduction in principal ($150 – $777 × 0.7% = $144.6) for lease liability

(in thousands of dollars)

DATE	ACCOUNTS	DEBIT	CREDIT
12/31/21	Amortization Expense	$155.4
	ROU Asset		$155.4
12/31/21	Interest Expense	$5.4
	Finance Lease Liability	$144.6
	Cash		$150.0

At the end of year 2:

1. Record straight-line amortization expense ($777/5 = $155.4) and adjust the ROU asset accordingly
2. Record interest expense (($777 − $144.6) × 0.7% = $4.4) and reduction in principal ($155 − ($777 − $144.6) × 0.7% = $150.6) for lease liability

(in thousands of dolllars)

DATE	ACCOUNTS	DEBIT	CREDIT
12/31/22	Amortization Expense	$155.4
	ROU Asset		$155.4
12/31/22	Interest Expense	$4.4
	Finance Lease Liability	$150.6
	Cash		$155.0

Please fill in ROU Asset, Lease Liability, Amortization Expense, and Interest Expense  based on preceding journal entries. Assuming there is no tax and gross profit at a constant $650,000/year.

HINT: Take a close look at the embedded Year 1 formulas. Try to answer with spreadsheet formulas to avoid rounding errors. 

IFRS Lease/ US GAAP Finance Lease (in 5 thousands) Lease Payments Balance Sheet Assets Cash Right-of-Use Asset, Net Total Liabilities and Equity Lease Liability" Retained Earnings Total Income Statement Gross Profit Lease Expense EBITDA Amortization Expense EBIT Interest Expense Net Income 1/1/21 0 777 777 777 0 777 Year 1 12/31/21 150 500 622 1,122 633 489 1,122 650 0 650 155 495 5 489 Year 2 12/31/22 155 995 1,139 1,139 650 0 650 650 Year 3 650 12/31/23 159 1,486 995 1,486 1,973 2,456 1,789 1,789 650 0 650 650 650 Year 4 *Lease liability would typically be split into current and noncurrent portions 12/31/24 12/31/25 163 167 1,973 2,439 2,439 650 0 650 Year 5 650 650 2,456 3,089 3,089 650 0 650 650 650