Autumn plc enters a lease on January 1, 2019 to use machinery for its operations. The terms of the lease are as follows:

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Problem 1E: Determining Type of Lease and Subsequent Accounting On January 1, 2019, Caswell Company signs a...
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Autumn plc enters a lease on January 1, 2019 to use machinery for its operations. The terms of the lease are as follows:

  1. The term of the lease is 4 years. The lease agreement is non-cancellable requiring equal rental payments of $25,711.11 at the beginning of each year (annuity-due basis)
  2. The machine had a fair value at the commencement of the lease of $100,000, an estimated economic life of five years and a guaranteed residual value of $5,000
  3. The lease contains no renewal options
  4. Autumn’s incremental borrowing rate is 5% per year
  5. Autumn uses the straight-line method to depreciate its machinery
  6. The lessor sets the annual rental rate of return of 4% per year and Autumn is aware of this rate.

Required:

  • Prepare the necessary journal entries for 2019.
  • State two major ratios of Autumn plc that would be affected by the above lease arrangement
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