On january 2, 20x1, cole co. signed an 8-year noncancelable lease for a new machine, requiring $15,000 annual payments at the beginning of each year. the machine has a useful life of 12 years, with no salvage value. title passes to cole at the lease expiration date. cole uses straight-line depreciation for all of its plant assets. aggregate lease payments have a present value on january 2, 20x1, of $108,000, based on an appropriate rate of interest. for 20x1, cole should record depreciation (amortization) expense for the leased machine at:
a. $0.
b. $9,000.
c. $13,500.
d. $15,000.

Kiona co. set up a petty cash fund for payments of small amounts. the following transactions involving the petty cash fund occurred in may (the last month of the company's fiscal year). may 1 prepared a company check for $350 to establish the petty cash fund. 15 prepared a company check to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since may 1. a. paid $109.20 for janitorial services. b. paid $89.15 for miscellaneous expenses. c. paid postage expenses of $60.90. d. paid $80.01 to the county gazette (the local newspaper) for an advertisement. e. counted $26.84 remaining in the petty cashbox. 16 prepared a company check for $200 to increase the fund to $550. 31 the petty cashier reports that $380.27 cash remains in the fund. a company check is drawn to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since may 15. f. paid postage expenses of $59.10. g. reimbursed the office manager for business mileage, $47.05. h. paid $48.58 to deliver merchandise to a customer, terms fob destination. 31 the company decides that the may 16 increase in the fund was too large. it reduces the fund by $50, leaving a total of $500.