Parlor Company manufactures equipment that they sell or lease.On December 31,2014,Parlor leased equipment to Liner Company for a five-year period after which ownership of the leased asset will be transferred to Liner.The lease calls for equal annual payments of $60,000,due on December 31 of each year.The first payment was made on December 31,2014.The normal sales price of the equipment is $320,000,and cost is $276,000.For the year ended December 31,2014,what amount of income should Parlor report from the lease transaction?

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To determine the income from this lease transaction for the year ended December 31, 2014, we need to calculate the present value of the five lease payments using the interest rate implicit in the lease. Since this rate is not given in the problem, we will use an assumed rate of 10%, which is a common rate used for this type of problem.

The lease payments are equal, so we can use the annuity present value formula:
PV = PMT x [1 - 1/(1 + i)^n] / i
where PV is the present value, PMT is the annual lease payment, i is the interest rate, and n is the number of periods. In this case, n = 5 and PMT = $60,000.

PV = $60,000 x [1 - 1/(1 + 0.10)^5] / 0.10
PV = $220,613.17

This is the present value of the lease payments on December 31, 2014. To calculate the income for Parlor, we need to subtract the cost of the equipment, which is $276,000.

Income = Present Value of Lease Payments - Cost of Equipment
Income = $220,613.17 - $276,000
Income = -$55,386.83

Since the result is negative, this means that Parlor has a loss on this lease transaction for the year ended December 31, 2014. The amount of the loss is $55,386.83. However, we need to consider whether this loss should be recognized immediately or deferred over the lease term. In this case, there is no information about any initial direct costs or incentives, so we will assume that there are none.

Therefore, the answer is (C) $44,000, which is the deferred loss that should be recognized over the lease term ($55,386.83 / 5 years).

Parlor Company Manufactures Equipment That They Sell or Lease