Cobalt Ltd Owns an Item of Machinery That Has a Cost

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Cobalt Ltd owns an item of machinery that has a cost of $700 000 and accumulated depreciation of $200 000 as at 1 July 2013.On that date the machine is sold to Blue Ltd for $533 493,and then leased back over 8 years (the remaining life of the machine) .The lease is non-cancellable.The lease payments are $100 000 per annum,payable in arrears on 30 June each year.The interest rate implicit in the lease is 10% and the economic benefits of the asset are expected to be realised evenly over its life.What are the entries to record the transactions in Cobalt's books on 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014 (rounded to the nearest dollar) ?