Refer to the Following Lease Amortization Schedule

question 136

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following lease amortization schedule. The 10 payments are made annually starting with the beginning of the lease. Title does not transfer to the lessee and there is no purchase option or guaranteed residual value. The asset has an expected economic life of 12 years. The lease is noncancelable.

-Like other assets, the cost of a leasehold improvement is allocated as depreciation expense over its useful life to the lessee, which will be:

• A) The shorter of the physical life of the asset or the lease term.
• B) The physical life of the asset.
• C) The lease term.
• D) A time period determined by management.

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