Appendix A: Complexities in Accounting for Lease Transactions

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Appendix A: Complexities in Accounting for Lease Transactions
Sidekick Services
Sidekick Services leases several computer servers from Lycoming Computing Company. The lease agreement includes consulting and training updates. The standalone prices charged by Lycoming for each separate component are $750,000 for the servers and $250,000 for the consulting and training updates. The lease is a 5-year lease with fixed payments of $400,000 per year. There are also variable payments required amounting to $7,000 per year, on average, based on the metered usage of the servers. There is no minimum charge included in the contract.
-Using the above information and assuming that Sidekick allocates consideration based on relative standalone selling prices, determine the allocation of the total consideration to the computer servers and the consulting and training services.

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Definitions:

Debit

An accounting entry that increases an asset or expense account, or decreases a liability or equity account. It is positioned on the left side of an account ledger.

Credit

An accounting entry that increases the balance of liabilities and equity accounts or decreases the balance of an asset or expense account.

Horizontal Analysis

A financial analysis technique that evaluates the changes in the amounts of financial statement items over a period.

Sales

The total amount of goods or services sold by a company during a specific period of time, indicating the company's primary revenue generation activity.