P12-16. Evaluating sale and leaseback under ASC 840 and ASU 2016-02 (ASC 842) (LO
12-3, LO 12-4, LO 12-6)
Requirement 1: Lease type under ASC 840
This is a capital lease for Merchant because the lease meets at least one of the criteria
for capital lease treatment. In fact, the lease meets two of the capital lease criteria. The
lease term is 75% of the tractor’s remaining economic life (75% x 6 years = 4.5 years),
and the present value of the minimum lease payments exceeds 90% of the tractor’s fair
value:
Requirement 2: Gain on transaction under ASC 840
Since this is a sale and leaseback transaction, Merchant will not report the gain on its
Requirement 3: Journal entries under ASC 840
Journal entries at January 1, 2017:
Requirement 4: Sale-leaseback under ASC 842
Under normal circumstances, the lease would be classified as a finance lease. However,
under ASU 2016-02, the company would have continuing interest in the asset and would
P12-17. Visualizing the asset-liability relationship over time for a capital (finance)
lease (LO 12-1, LO 12-3, LO 12-6)
Requirement 1:
a) At 8%, the accrual of interest causes the liability at the end of the first year to total
$103,718.87 (i.e., a beginning balance of $96,035.99 plus accrued interest of
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