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Amusement Company leased equipment from General RoboticsCompany, beginning on January 1, 2017. The lease term is 5 yearsand requires equal rental payments of $60,493 at the beginning ofeach year of the lease (based on a 6% interest rate) starting onthe commencement date (January 1, 2017). The equipment has a fairvalue at the commencement date of the lease of $300,000, a carryingvalue to General Robotics of $275,000, an estimated useful life of5 years, and an estimated residual value of $40,000. The residualvalue is guaranteed by Smokey Finance. Therefore, this is a directfinancing lease and the appropriate interest rate is 10.4%. PrepareGeneral Robotics’ 2017 journal entries. (Credit account titles areautomatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indentmanually. For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places asdisplayed in the factor table provided and round final answers to 0decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)

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Date	Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
1-Jan-17	Lease Receivable	$342,465
	Unearned interest Revenue		$67,465
	Leased Assets		$275,000
	(Being Lease Recorded)

1-Jan-17	Cash	60,493
	Lease Receivable		60,493
	(Being Lease Rental received)

31-Dec-17	Unearned interest Revenue	21,584
	Interest revenue*		21,584
	(Being Finance Income Recognized)

Interest Income = (342465-67465-60493 )*10.4% = 21,584

Year	Lease Rental	PV Factor	Present value
0	60,493	1	60,493
1	60,493	0.9058	54,795
2	60,493	0.8205	49,635
3	60,493	0.7432	44,958
4	60,493	0.6732	40,724
5	40,000	0.6098	24,392
PV of Lease Rental			$274,996

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In: AccountingAmusement Company leased equipment from General RoboticsCompany, beginning on January 1, 2017. The lease term...Amusement Company leased equipment from General RoboticsCompany, beginning on January 1, 2017. The lease term is 5 yearsand requires equal rental payments of $60,493 at the beginning ofeach year of the lease (based on a 6% interest rate) starting onthe commencement date (January 1, 2017). The equipment has a fairvalue at the commencement date of the lease of $300,000, a carryingvalue to General Robotics of $275,000, an estimated useful life of5 years, and an estimated residual value of $40,000. The residualvalue is guaranteed by Smokey Finance. Therefore, this is a directfinancing lease and the appropriate interest rate is 10.4%. PrepareGeneral Robotics’ 2017 journal entries. (Credit account titles areautomatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indentmanually. For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places asdisplayed in the factor table provided and round final answers to 0decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)