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Fischer Corporation Leased New Equipment to Swix Company on January 12/31/1512 / 31 / 15

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Fischer Corporation leased new equipment to Swix Company on January 1,2014.The lease is for an eight-year period and requires equal annual payments of $35,000 due on January 1 of each year.The first payment was made at the inception of the lease.The fair value of the equipment and the present value of the payments was $217,223.The implicit interest rate is 8%.The equipment cost Fischer Corporation $160,000,has an estimated eight-year life,and a residual value of zero.Fischer Corporation uses straight-line depreciation.Fischer Corporation should have recorded the lease as a sales-type lease but mistakenly recorded the lease as an operating lease.
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Determine the amount of the lease classification error on the following financial statement elements of Fischer Corporation,and whether the amount is overstated or understated:
Total assets as of 12/31/1512 / 31 / 15 _____
Net Income for the year ended 12/31/14\mathbf { 1 2 } / \mathbf { 3 1 } / \mathbf { 1 4 } ______

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