Just got this question wrong – figured id share it with you.
I didn't realize there was an exception to recognizing a loss immediately.
On June 30 of the current year, Lang Co. sold equipment with an estimated useful life of 11 years and immediately leased it back for 10 years. The equipment’s carrying amount was $450,000; the sales price was $430,000; and the present value of the lease payments, which is equal to the fair value of the equipment, was $465,000. In its June 30 current-year balance sheet, what amount should Lang report as deferred loss?
Answer: 20,000
When a sale of property is made and a gain is realized on the sale, if the seller immediately leases the property back from the new owner, that is sometimes a justification for deferring recognition of the gain on the sale. If the sale of the asset is for a realized loss, as here, of $20,000 (sales price of $430,000 less carrying amount of $450,000), then a loss is usually recognized immediately. (this is what I thought and so I picked 0)
There is an exception to this, and such is the case here. The loss is realized in the sales price, but the sales price is artificially too low. The asset is actually worth more than its selling price and more than its carrying value. In such a case, the loss is deferred.
A - 75
B - 78 God is good.
F - 77 Answered prayers.
R - 84! Done!!
Paperwork sent - waiting for license!!
Still on a cloud and in shock. Through God, all things will happen.
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