Research Case 15-1
Requirement 1
After the first full year under the warehouse lease, the balance in Dowell’s
lease payable is $30,816,422. This is the balance after reductions from the
first five quarterly lease payments as shown in this amortization schedule.
(The first payment was at December 31 of the previous year, the beginning of
the lease.)
Lease Amortization Schedule
Effective Decrease Outstanding
Payments Interest in Balance Balance
2% x Outstanding Balance
40,000,000
2,398,303 2,398,303 37,601,697
2,398,303 .02 (37,601,697) = 752,034 1,646,269 35,955,428
2,398,303 .02 (35,955,428) = 719,109 1,679,194 34,276,234
* rounded
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