E 15-29
Federated Fabrications leased a tooling machine on January 1, 2018, for a three-year period ending December 31,
Finance lease;
2020. The lease agreement specified annual payments of $36,000 beginning with the first payment at the begin-
purchase options;
ing of the lease, and each December 31 through 2019. The company had the option to purchase the machine on
lessee
LO15-2, LO15-6
December 30, 2020, for $45,000 when its fair value was expected to be $60,000, a sufficient difference that exer-
cise seems reasonably certain. The machine's estimated useful life was six years with no salvage value. Federated
was aware that the lessor's implicit rate of return was 12%.
Required:
1. Calculate the amount Federated should record as a right-of-use asset and lease liability for this finance lease.
2. Prepare an amortization schedule that describes the pattern of interest expense for Federated over the lease
term.
3. Prepare the appropriate entries for Federated from the beginning of the lease through the end of the lease
term.