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On January 2, 2015, Hernandez, Inc. signed a ten-year noncancelable lease for a

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Question

On January 2, 2015, Hernandez, Inc. signed a ten-year noncancelable lease for a heavy duty drill press. The lease stipulated annual payments of $200,000 starting at the beginning of the first year, with title passing to Hernandez at the expiration of the lease. Hernandez treated this transaction as a capital lease. The drill press has an estimated useful life of 15 years, with no salvage value. Hernandez uses straight-line depreciation for all of its plant assets. Aggregate lease payments were determined to have a present value of $1,200,000, based on implicit interest of 10%. In its 2015 income statement, what amount of depreciation expense should Hernandez report from this lease transaction?

a. $200,000

b. $160,000

c. $120,000

d. $80,000

Answer of D is given but need to show work.

Explanation / Answer

Answer

On January 2, 2015, Hernandez, Inc. signed a ten-year noncancelable lease for a heavy duty drill press. The lease stipulated annual payments of $200,000 starting at the beginning of the first year, with title passing to Hernandez at the expiration of the lease.

Hernandez treated this transaction as a capital lease. Aggregate lease payments were determined to have a present value of $1,200,000, based on implicit interest of 10%.

So heavy duty drill press will be recorded in books of Hernandez at $1,200,000.

The drill press has an estimated useful life of 15 years, with no salvage value. Hernandez uses straight-line depreciation for all of its plant assets.

So Depreciation of leased heavy duty drill press = $1,200,000 / 15 years

                                                                                        = $ 80,000

Answer : d. $80,000

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