At the beginning of its fiscal year, Lakeside Inc. leased office space to LTT Corporation under a eight-year operating lease agreement. The contract calls for quarterly rent payments of $29,000 each. The office building was acquired by Lakeside at a cost of $2.4 million and was expected to have a useful life of 30 years with no residual value.
Required:
a. What will be the effect of the lease on Lakeside’s earnings for the first year (ignore taxes)? (Enter your answer in whole dollars.)

The effect of the lease on Lakeside's earnings in the first year of lease is an increase in net earnings of $36000

Explanation:

The effect of the lease on Lakeside's earnings is in terms of costs/benefits.

Costs incurred yearly as a result of acquiring the office space by a way of depreciation charge while benefits relate to the yearly lease rentals.

Yearly lease rentals ($29000*4)       =$116000

Yearly depreciation($2400000/30)  =($80000)

Increase in earnings                               $36000

The fact that net earnings would increase shows that the acquiring the office space and subsequently leasing it out to a lesse were not worthwhile.

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