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question 21

Multiple Choice

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On January 1, 2011, Yancey, Inc.signs a 10-year noncancelable lease agreement to lease a storage building from Holt Warehouse Company.The following information pertains to this lease agreement.
(a) The agreement requires equal rental payments at the end of each year.
(b) The fair value of the building on January 1, 2011 is $3,000,000; however, the book value to Holt is $2,500,000.
(c) The building has an estimated economic life of 10 years, with no residual value.Yancey depreciates similar buildings on the straight-line method.
(d) At the termination of the lease, the title to the building will be transferred to the lessee.
(e) Yancey's incremental borrowing rate is 11% per year.Holt Warehouse Co.set the annual rental to insure a 10% rate of return.The implicit rate of the lessor is known by Yancey, Inc.
(f) The yearly rental payment includes $10,000 of executory costs related to taxes on the property.
-What is the amount of the minimum annual lease payment? (Rounded to the nearest dollar.)

• A)$188,237
• B)$478,236
• C)$488,236
• D)$498,236

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Definitions:

AVC

Average Variable Cost, which is the cost of labor, materials, or overhead that changes according to the level of production output.

MC

Marginal cost, the increase in total cost that arises from an extra unit of production, important for decision-making in production and pricing.

ATC

Average Total Cost; the total cost of production (fixed plus variable costs) divided by the total quantity of output produced, representing the average cost per unit of output.

AVC

Average Variable Cost, the cost a company incurs to produce one additional unit of product, excluding fixed costs.