LO: 2, 4 Bloom: AN, Difficulty: Moderate, Time: 15-20, AACSB: Analytic, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FC: Reporting, AICPA PC: None
EXERCISE 21.3 (20–25 minutes)
(a) To Delaney, the lessee, this lease is a finance lease because the terms
satisfy the following tests:
1. The lease term is greater than 75% of the economic life of the leased
asset; that is, the lease term is 831/3 % (50/60) of the economic life.
2. The present value of the lease payments for purposes of classifying the
Note to the Instructor: The lease payments used in the calculation of the
present value for classification purposes for the lessee include the full
amount of any guaranteed residual value by the lessee. This contrasts
with the calculation of the present value of lease payments to determine
the lease liability, as seen in (b).
(b) The present value of lease payments, for purposes of determining the lease
liability for the lessee, are different than the present value of lease payments
in determining the classification of the lease when a residual value is
guaranteed by the lessee. That is, to determine the lease liability, the lessee