Question 2 Topic: Leases (for lessees) Answer both parts independently of each other. Part A Supply Ltd...

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Question 2 Topic: Leases (for lessees) Answer both partsindependently of each other.

Part A Supply Ltd entered into a non-cancellable five-year leasearrangement with Customer Ltd on 1 July 2019. The lease is for anitem of machinery. There are to be five annual payments of $315000, the first being made on 30 June 2020. The implicit interestrate is 12%. The Machinery is expected to have an economic life ofsix years, after which time it will have an expected residual valueof $210 000. There is a bargain purchase option that Customer Ltdwill be able to exercise at the end of the fifth year for $280 000.Customer Ltd determined that this contract contains a lease.

REQUIRED: Prepare the journal entries in the books of the lessee(Customer Ltd) from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 (the end of thereporting period). Show all working.

Part B Customer Ltd enters into a 10-year contract with SupplierLtd for the right to use two specified physically distinct darkfibres within a larger cable connecting Hong Kong to Tokyo.Customer Ltd makes the decisions about the use of the fibres byconnecting each end of the fibres to its electronic equipment(i.e., Customer ‘light’ the fibres and decides what data and howmuch data to transfer). If the fibres are damaged, Supplier Ltd isresponsible for the repairs and maintenance. Supplier Ltd ownsextra fibres but can substitute those for Customer Ltd’s fibresonly for reasons of repairs, maintenance or malfunction.

REQUIRED: Determine whether the contract contains a lease.Please explain and justify your conclusion according to AASB16.

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