Soaring Pieces Inc.creates aluminium alloy parts for commercial aircraft.In a recent transaction Soaring leased a high precision lathe machine from Rapid Revolving Corp.The following information pertains to the leased asset and the lease agreement:
The lathe machine will revert back to the lessor at end of lease term,title does not transfer to lessee at any time,and there is no bargain purchase option.
Required:
a.Classify this lease from the perspective of the lessor,Rapid Revolving Corp.
b.Record the lessor's journal entries for the first year of the lease.
c.Record the lessor's journal entries after (not including)the last lease payment is made.
d.How would the answer to (c)change if the $20,000 residual value was guaranteed by Soaring Pieces Inc.,but when the lease ended the lathe was only worth $15,000?

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Soaring Pieces Inc.creates aluminium alloy parts for commercial aircraft.In a recent transaction Soaring leased a high precision lathe machine from Rapid Revolving Corp.The following information pertains to the leased asset and the lease agreement:
  The lathe machine will revert back to the lessor at end of lease term,title does not transfer to lessee at any time,and there is no bargain purchase option.
Required:
a.Classify this lease from the perspective of the lessor,Rapid Revolving Corp.
b.Record the lessor's journal entries for the first year of the lease.
c.Record the lessor's journal entries after (not including)the last lease payment is made.
d.How would the answer to (c)change if the $20,000 residual value was guaranteed by Soaring Pieces Inc.,but when the lease ended the lathe was only worth $15,000?

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The Answer of Soaring Pieces Inc.creates aluminium alloy parts for commercial aircraft.In a recent transaction Soaring leased a high precision lathe machine from Rapid Revolving Corp.The following information pertains to the leased asset and the lease agreement:
  The lathe machine will revert back to the lessor at end of lease term,title does not transfer to lessee at any time,and there is no bargain purchase option.
Required:
a.Classify this lease from the perspective of the lessor,Rapid Revolving Corp.
b.Record the lessor's journal entries for the first year of the lease.
c.Record the lessor's journal entries after (not including)the last lease payment is made.
d.How would the answer to (c)change if the $20,000 residual value was guaranteed by Soaring Pieces Inc.,but when the lease ended the lathe was only worth $15,000?