Hello all, I am having issues solving these two problems if anyone could help me out that would be great.
Your boss has given you the responsibility for furnishing the soon-to-be-completed headquarters building. The furniture you have picked out at Cape Furniture Company can be purchased for $125,000 and then sold at the end of its 10 year useful life for $10,000. Cape has also given you the option of leasing the furniture for $18,000 per year for 10 years. Your first payment will be made when you sign the lease and receive the furniture. Under the lease agreement, you will have to return the furniture to Cape at the end of ten years (with no compensation). Assuming the annual interest rate of 9%, which option (buying or leasing) is better and by how much?
Assume your company just sold a mainframe computer. The computer originally cost $300,000 and had accumulated depreciation of $100,000 on the date of the sale. Instead of the buyer paying cash, she gave you a $400,000 noninterest-bearing note due and payable in 3 years. There is no established exchange price for the computer, and the note has no ready market. The prevailing rate of interest for a note of this type is 8%. What should your company record as a gain from the sale of this computer?
Thanks again for any help.
Your boss has given you the responsibility for furnishing the soon-to-be-completed headquarters building. The furniture you have picked out at Cape Furniture Company can be purchased for $125,000 and then sold at the end of its 10 year useful life for $10,000. Cape has also given you the option of leasing the furniture for $18,000 per year for 10 years. Your first payment will be made when you sign the lease and receive the furniture. Under the lease agreement, you will have to return the furniture to Cape at the end of ten years (with no compensation). Assuming the annual interest rate of 9%, which option (buying or leasing) is better and by how much?
Assume your company just sold a mainframe computer. The computer originally cost $300,000 and had accumulated depreciation of $100,000 on the date of the sale. Instead of the buyer paying cash, she gave you a $400,000 noninterest-bearing note due and payable in 3 years. There is no established exchange price for the computer, and the note has no ready market. The prevailing rate of interest for a note of this type is 8%. What should your company record as a gain from the sale of this computer?
Thanks again for any help.