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On January 1, 2016, 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 beginning of each year.
(b) The fair value of the building on January 1, 2016 is $4,000,000; however, the book value to Holt is $3,300,000.
(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.
-From the lessee's viewpoint, what type of lease exists in this case?

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On January 1, 2016, 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 beginning of each year.
(b) The fair value of the building on January 1, 2016 is $4,000,000; however, the book value to Holt is $3,300,000.
(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.
-From the lessee's viewpoint, what type of lease exists in this case?

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The lease is a finance lease because it meets the criteria of transferring ownership to the lessee at the end of the lease term, and the lease term is for the major part of the economic life of the asset.

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