Exercise 15-32
In a sales-type lease with no selling profit, initial direct costs are deferred and
expensed over the lease term. This can be accomplished by not recording the
“prepaid expense” separately, but including it in the lease receivable (net
investment). Increasing the receivable causes the implicit rate (the effective
interest rate that causes the present value of the lease payments to equal the
receivable) to be lower. Determining interest revenue at this lower rate
accomplishes the purpose of reducing interest revenue each period by a portion of
the prepaid expense.
1. January 1, 2018
……………………………………………..Cash (initial direct costs)
……………………………………………………..Lease receivable
2. Effective rate of interest revenue:
The initial direct costs increase the net investment (lease receivable):
$500,000 + 4,242. The new effective rate is the discount rate that equates
the net investment and the future lease payments:
lessor’s lease
net investment payments
** present value of an annuity due of $1: n=3, i=?%
consult the present value table for an annuity due, you search row 3 (n=3)