Reference no: EM132246578
Question - On January 1, 2017, Teal Co. leased a building to Flint Inc. The relevant information related to the lease is as follows.
The lease arrangement is for 10 years.
The leased building cost $4,430,000 and was purchased for cash on January 1, 2017.
The building is depreciated on a straight-line basis. Its estimated economic life is 50 years with no salvage value.
Lease payments are $289,700 per year and are made at the end of the year.
Property tax expense of $82,400 and insurance expense of $10,400 on the building were incurred by Teal in the first year. Payment on these two items was made at the end of the year.
Both the lessor and the lessee are on a calendar-year basis.
Required -
(a) Prepare the journal entries that Teal Co. should make in 2017.
(b) Prepare the journal entries that Flint Inc. should make in 2017.
(c) If Teal paid $31,100 to a real estate broker on January 1, 2017, as a fee for finding the lessee, how much should Teal Co. report as an expense for this item in 2017?