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Instructiоns оn Essаy Questiоns This exаm hаs four (4) essay questions. The next four questions of this exam contain the essay questions individually (i.e. Essay Question #1, Essay Question #2 and so on). Students are encouraged (but not required) to develop their answers using the Excel file that is provided inside Essay Question #1 of the exam. The Excel file has separate tabs for each of the essay questions. Students should copy and paste their answers by essay question into the related Canvas Exam question. So, for example, the answers developed in the Excel File on the Essay 1 tab should be copied and pasted into Essay Question #1 on the exam. Repeat in the same manner for the required/remaining Essay Questions. After this has been completed, students will be prompted to upload their completed Excel file (separate question). The Excel file upload is very important as this is the basis for any potential partial grading.
Essаy Questiоn 2 (Required by аll students) Butterfly Cоmpаny оn January 1, 2021, enters into a nine-year noncancelable lease for standard use machinery having an estimated useful life of 10 years and a fair value to Tranquility Corp. at the inception of the lease of $4,000,000. The implicit rate of borrowing rate is 8% and is known to the lessee. Tranquility manufactures the machinery at a cost of $3,000,000 and uses the straight-line method to depreciate its assets. The lease contains the following provisions: A. Annual Lease payments of $592,887.81 are payable at the beginning of each year beginning on 1/1/2021. B. No purchase option or transfer of ownership to the lessee is contained in the lease agreement. Requirements: 1) Prepare the appropriate journal entries (including year-end adjusting entries) for both Butterfly and Tranquility during the first year of the lease term (1/1/2021 thru 1/1/2022). Both companies have calendar year ends (i.e. 12/31/XX). 2) Describe and quantify the impact of the lease on Butterfly's Balance Sheet as of 12/31/21 and Income statement for the year ended 12/31/21. 3) As modification to the lease terms above, assume the terms of the lease now include the ownship of the machinery transferring to the lessee at the end of the lease term. Describe and quantify the impact/changes, if any, to the journal entries of the lessee provided in requirement #1 above. 4) As a modification (see NOTE below) to the lease terms above, assume the terms of the lease now include a purchase option (which is highly likely to be exercised) of $250,000 at the end of the lease term. Describe and quantify the impact/changes, if any, to the journal entries of the lessee provided in requirement #1 above. Note: The lessee under this scenario continues to have "an interest" to pay for and consume the entire fair value (beginning of lease) of the asset. NOTE: Requirements of #3 and #4 above are independent of each other. Requirements of #4 above would not include the modification shown in #3. NOTE: Due to rounding, your amortization table may have a small amount (i.e. < $1) after the last payment