Reference no: EM132776143
At January 28, 2017, the Company was committed to non-cancelable leases with remaining terms of one to 15 years. A summary of operating lease commitments under non-cancelable leases follows (thousands):
2017 $187,674
2018 $187,397
2019 $178,595
2020 $169,856
2021 $155,670
Thereafter $538,635
Problem 1: Assuming that its operating leases relate to real estate, and that A&F depreciated such assets on a straight-line basis with no salvage value and useful life of 8 years, estimate the effect on the company's 2017 income before tax of capitalizing these operating leases. Use a 7% discount rate and round remaining lease life to the nearest whole year.
a. Reduce income before taxes by $10,585,000
b. Increase income before taxes by $187,674,000
c. Reduce income before taxes by $187,674,000
d. Reduce income before taxes by $198,259,000