E21-6 (Lessor Entries; Sales Type Lease) Crosley Company, a machinery dealer, leased a machine to Dexter Corporation on January 1, 2008. The lease is for an 8 year period and requires equal annual payments of $35,013 at the beginning of each year. The first payment is received on January 1, 2008. Crosley had purchased the machine during 2007 for $160,000. Collectibility of lease payments is reasonably predictable, and no important uncertainties surround the amount of costs yet to be incurred by Crosley. Crosley set the annual rental to ensure an 11% rate of return. The machine has an economic life of 10 yrs with no residual value and reverts to Crosley at the termination of the lease.
Instructions
Prepare all necessary journal entries for Crosley for 2008.
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