Reference no: EM132567499

Question - On January 1, 2020, Kingbird Co. leased a building to Blossom Inc. The relevant information related to the lease is as follows.

1. The lease arrangement is for 10 years. The building is expected to have a residual value at the end of the lease of $2,500,000 (unguaranteed).

2. The leased building has a cost of $3,000,000 and was purchased for cash on January 1, 2020.

3. The building is depreciated on a straight-line basis. Its estimated economic life is 50 years with no salvage value.

4. Lease payments are $255,000 per year and are made at the beginning of the year.

5. Blossom has an incremental borrowing rate of 7%, and the rate implicit in the lease is unknown to Blossom.

6. Both the lessor and the lessee are on a calendar-year basis.

Required -

a. Prepare the journal entries that Kingbird should make in 2020.

b. Prepare the journal entries that Blossom should make in 2020.

c. If wise paid 20,000 to a real estate broker on January 1,2020 as fee for finding the lessor, what is the initial measurement of the lessee are on a calendar-year basic.