User5000
Nov 23, 2013, 05:14 PM
A capital lease was recorded for piece of equipment. There was a buy-out option, but the price of the buy-out was not specified in the lease. The final lease payment is now being made and the lessor has determined the buy-out price to be $10,000. How is the $10,000 cash payment recorded, since the loan is fully amortized with no final buy-out payment remaining, and the asset is fully depreciated. Is this recorded as another fixed asset and depreciated even though the original capital asset is fully depreciated?