On July 1 of the Current Year, Suffox Company Signed

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On July 1 of the current year, Suffox Company signed a contract to sublease space in a building for 7 years. Suffox Company paid Alec Company $56,000 for the right to sublease this space. After taking possession of the leased space, Suffox pays $140,000 for improving the office portion of the lease space. The improvements are paid on July 6 of the current year, and are estimated to have a useful life equal to the 14 years remaining in the life of the building.
Prepare entries for Suffox to record (a) its payment to Alec for the right to sublease the building space, (b) its payment for the office improvements, (c) the December 31 year-end entry to amortize the cost of the sublease, (d) the December 31 year-end entry to amortize the office improvements.

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