Problem:
1. Kling Technology disclosed the following minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases in its 2012 annual report:
Minimum operating lease payments
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Amount (in millions)
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2013
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$ 86
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2014
|
56
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2015
|
44
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2016
|
36
|
2017
|
32
|
2018
|
30
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Total
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$284
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What is the present value of these operating lease payments, assuming a 6% discount rate?
2. Taylor's Corp. disclosed the following lease information in its 2011 annual report (in millions). What lease liability does Taylor's report on its balance sheet?
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Capital Leases
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Operating Leases
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2012
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$1,000
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$10,746
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2013
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1,000
|
11,022
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2014
|
1,000
|
9,473
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2015
|
1,000
|
8,841
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2016
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1,000
|
8,579
|
Thereafter
|
19,500
|
121,524
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Total
|
24,500
|
$170,185
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Amount representing interest
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(11,578)
|
|
Net present value of leases
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$ 12,922
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Summary of problem:
These short answer questions is basically from Finance. The 1st question is about computing the present value of operating lease payments at 6% discount rate and the 2nd question is about computing the lease liability of a business.