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Ac313 Lease - Test Bank
Ac313 Lease - Test Bank
19. Companies
risk of residual value to the lessor.
2. The FASB agrees with the capitalization
must
approach and requires companies to
capitalize all long-term leases.
periodically
3. A lease that contains a purchase option
must be capitalized by the lessee.
review the
4. Executory costs should be excluded by
the lessee in computing the present value of
the minimum lease payments.
requires lessees
leases as operating leases.
10. Direct-financing leases are in
and lessors to
substance the financing of an asset
purchase by the lessee.
disclose certain
11. Under the operating method, the
lessor records each rental receipt as
part interest revenue and part rental
information revenue.
about leases in
12. In computing the annual lease 22. Which of the following is an advantage
payments, the lessor deducts only a of leasing?
guaranteed residual value from the fair
a. Off-balance-sheet financing
market value of a leased asset.
b. Less costly financing
13. When the lessee agrees to make up c. 100% financing at fixed rates
any deficiency below a stated amount that d. All of these
the lessor realizes in residual value, that
23. Which of the following best describes
stated amount is the guaranteed residual
current practice in accounting for leases?
value.
a. Leases are not capitalized.
14. Both a guaranteed and an
b. Leases similar to installment
unguaranteed residual value affect the
purchases are capitalized.
lessee’s computation of amounts capitalized
c. All long-term leases are capitalized.
as a leased asset.
d. All leases are capitalized.
15. From the lessee’s viewpoint, an
24. While only certain leases are
unguaranteed residual value is the same as
currently accounted for as a sale or
no residual value in terms of computing the
purchase, there is theoretic justification
minimum lease payments.
for considering all leases to be sales or
16. The lessor will recover a greater net purchases. The principal reason that
investment if the residual value is supports this idea is that
guaranteed instead of unguaranteed.
a. all leases are generally for the
17. The primary difference between a economic life of the property and the
direct-financing lease and a sales-type residual value of
lease is the manufacturer’s or dealer’s b. the property at the end of the lease is
gross profit. minimal.
c. at the end of the lease the property
18. The gross profit amount in a sales-type
usually can be purchased by the
lease is greater when a guaranteed residual
lessee.
value exists.
d. a lease reflects the purchase or sale
19. Companies must periodically review of a quantifiable right to the use of
the estimated unguaranteed residual property.
value in a sales-type lease. e. during the life of the lease the
lessee can effectively treat the
20. The FASB requires lessees and property as if it were owned by the
lessors to disclose certain information lessee.
about leases in their financial statements
or in the notes. 25. An essential element of a lease
conveyance is that the
a. lessor conveys less than his or her
Multiple Choice—Conceptual total interest in the property.
21. Major reasons why a company may b. lessee provides a sinking fund equal
become involved in leasing to other to one year's lease payments.
companies is (are) c. property that is the subject of the
lease agreement must be held for
a. interest revenue. sale by the lessor prior to the drafting
b. high residual values. of the lease agreement.
c. tax incentives. d. term of the lease is substantially
d. all of these. equal to the economic life of the
leased property.
26. What impact does a bargain purchase 29. Which of the following is a correct
option have on the present value of the statement of one of the capitalization
minimum lease payments computed by the criteria?
lessee?
a. The lease transfers ownership of the
a. No impact as the option does not property to the lessor.
enter into the transaction until the end b. The lease contains a purchase
of the lease term. option.
b. The lessee must increase the present c. The lease term is equal to or
value of the minimum lease more than 75% of the estimated
payments by the present value of the economic life of the leased
option price. property.
c. The lessee must decrease the d. The minimum lease payments
present value of the minimum lease (excluding executory costs) equal or
payments by the present value of the exceed 90% of the fair value of the
option price. leased property.
d. The minimum lease payments would
be increased by the present value of
the option price if, at the time of the 30. Minimum lease payments may include
lease agreement, it appeared certain a
that the lessee would exercise the
a. penalty for failure to renew.
option at the end of the lease and
b. bargain purchase option.
purchase the asset at the option
c. guaranteed residual value.
price.
d. any of these.
27. The amount to be recorded as the cost
31. Executory costs include
of an asset under capital lease is equal to
the a. maintenance.
b. property taxes.
a. present value of the minimum lease
c. insurance.
payments.
d. all of these.
b. present value of the minimum lease
payments or the fair value of the 32. In computing the present value of the
asset, whichever is lower. minimum lease payments, the lessee should
c. present value of the minimum
lease payments plus the present a. use its incremental borrowing rate in
value of any unguaranteed residual all cases.
value. b. use either its incremental borrowing
d. carrying value of the asset on the rate or the implicit rate of the lessor,
lessor's books. whichever is higher, assuming that
the implicit rate is known to the
28. The methods of accounting for a lease lessee.
by the lessee are c. use either its incremental borrowing
rate or the implicit rate of the lessor,
a. operating and capital lease methods.
whichever is lower, assuming that the
b. operating, sales, and capital lease
implicit rate is known to the lessee.
methods.
d. none of these.
c. operating and leveraged lease
methods. 33. In computing depreciation of a leased
d. none of these. asset, the lessee should subtract
a. a guaranteed residual value and
depreciate over the term of the lease.
b. an unguaranteed residual value and d. All would be included
depreciate over the term of the lease.
c. a guaranteed residual value and
depreciate over the life of the asset. 38. In a lease that is appropriately
d. an unguaranteed residual value and recorded as a direct-financing lease by
depreciate over the life of the asset. the lessor, unearned income
34. In the earlier years of a lease, from the a. should be amortized over the period
lessee's perspective, the use of the of the lease using the effective
interest method.
a. capital method will enable the
b. should be amortized over the period
lessee to report higher income,
of the lease using the straight-line
compared to the operating method.
method.
b. capital method will cause debt to
c. does not arise.
increase, compared to the operating
d. should be recognized at the lease's
method.
expiration.
c. operating method will cause income
to decrease, compared to the capital 39. In order to properly record a direct-
method. financing lease, the lessor needs to
d. operating method will cause debt to know how to calculate the lease
increase, compared to the capital receivable. The lease receivable in a
method. direct-financing lease is best defined as
35. A lessee with a capital lease containing a. the amount of funds the lessor
a bargain purchase option should depreciate has tied up in the asset which is
the leased asset over the the subject of the direct-financing
lease.
a. asset's remaining economic life.
b. the difference between the lease
b. term of the lease.
payments receivable and the fair
c. life of the asset or the term of the
market value of the leased property.
lease, whichever is shorter.
c. the present value of minimum lease
d. life of the asset or the term of the
payments.
lease, whichever is longer.
d. the total book value of the asset less
36. Based solely upon the following sets of any accumulated depreciation
circumstances indicated below, which set recorded by the lessor prior to the
gives rise to a sales-type or direct-financing lease agreement.
lease of a lessor?
40. If the residual value of a leased asset is
Transfers Ownership By End Of Lease? guaranteed by a third party
Contains Bargain Purchase Option?
a. it is treated by the lessee as no
Collectability of Lease Payments Assured?
residual value.
Any Important Uncertainties?
b. the third party is also liable for any
a. No Yes Yes No lease payments not paid by the
b. Yes No No No lessee.
c. Yes No No Yes c. the net investment to be recovered by
d. No Yes Yes Yes the lessor is reduced.
d. it is treated by the lessee as an
37. Which of the following would not be
additional payment and by the lessor
included in the Lease Receivable account?
as realized at the end of the lease
a. Guaranteed residual value term.
b. Unguaranteed residual value
c. A bargain purchase option
41. When lessors account for residual period of inception of the lease at which of
values related to leased assets, they the following amounts?
a. always include the residual value a. The minimum lease payments plus
because they always assume the the unguaranteed residual value.
residual value will be realized. b. The present value of the minimum
b. include the unguaranteed residual lease payments.
value in sales revenue. c. The cost of the asset to the
c. recognize more gross profit on a lessor, less the present value of
sales-type lease with a guaranteed any unguaranteed residual value.
residual value than on a sales-type d. The present value of the minimum
lease with an unguaranteed residual lease payments plus the present
value. value of the unguaranteed residual
d. All of the above are true with regard value.
to lessors and residual values.
45. For a sales-type lease,
a. the sales price includes the present
value of the unguaranteed residual
value.
42. The initial direct costs of leasing
b. the present value of the guaranteed
a. are generally borne by the lessee. residual value is deducted to
b. include incremental costs related determine the cost of goods sold.
to internal activities of leasing, and c. the gross profit will be the same
internal costs whether the residual value is
c. related to costs paid to external third guaranteed or unguaranteed.
parties for originating a lease d. none of these.
arrangement.
46. Which of the following statements is
d. are expensed in the period of the sale
correct?
under a sales-type lease.
e. All of the above are true with regard a. In a direct-financing lease, initial
to the initial direct costs of leasing. direct costs are added to the net
investment in the lease.
43. The primary difference between a
b. In a sales-type lease, initial direct
direct-financing lease and a sales-type lease
costs are expensed in the year of
is the
incurrence.
a. manner in which rental receipts are c. For operating leases, initial direct
recorded as rental income. costs are deferred and allocated
b. amount of the depreciation recorded over the lease term.
each year by the lessor. d. All of these.
c. recognition of the manufacturer's or
47. The Lease Liability account should be
dealer's profit at the inception of the
disclosed as
lease.
d. allocation of initial direct costs by a. all current liabilities.
the lessor to periods benefited by b. all noncurrent liabilities.
the lease arrangements. c. current portions in current liabilities
and the remainder in noncurrent
44. A lessor with a sales-type lease
liabilities.
involving an unguaranteed residual value
d. deferred credits.
available to the lessor at the end of the
lease term will report sales revenue in the 48. To avoid leased asset capitalization,
companies can devise lease agreements
that fail to satisfy any of the four leasing 52. On December 1, 2011, Goetz
criteria. Which of the following is not one of Corporation leased office space for 10 years
the ways to accomplish this goal? at a monthly rental of $90,000. On that date
Perez paid the landlord the following
a. Lessee uses a higher interest rate
amounts:
than that used by lessor.
b. Set the lease term at something Rent deposit 90,000
less than 75% of the estimated
First month's rent 90,000
useful life of the property.
c. Write in a bargain purchase option. Last month's rent 90,000
d. Use a third party to guarantee the
asset’s residual value. Installation of new walls and offices
495,000
49. If the lease in a sale-leaseback
transaction meets one of the four leasing $765,000
criteria and is therefore accounted for as a The entire amount of $765,000 was
capital lease, who records the asset on its charged to rent expense in 2011. What
books and which party records interest amount should Goetz have charged to
expense during the lease period? expense for the year ended December 31,
Party recording the Party recording 2011?