Reference no: EM133188960

Question - Company A agrees to lease a robotic welding unit from Company B on January 1, Year 1. The following conditions apply to the lease:

The term of the lease is five years, is non-cancellable, and requires payments of $101,350 at the beginning of each year.

The robotic welding unit will have a fair value of $50,000 at the end of the lease, an estimated useful life of five years, and $45,000 guaranteed residual value.

There are no renewal options, so the unit will revert to Company B at the termination of the lease.

Company A can borrow at a 5% interest rate.

Company A uses straight-line depreciation on its assets.

Company B set its annual rate of return at 4%, and Company A is aware of this rate.

Present values are as follows:

Present value of lease payments at 4%: $469,240.37

Present value of lease payments at 5%: $460,737.10

Present value of residual value at 4%: $38,457.00

Present value of residual value at 5%: $37,021.50

Required - How much amortization expense should Company A record at the end of Year 1?