QUESTIONS 45 THROUGH 68 RELATE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS

65. Assume U.S. GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) applies unless

otherwise noted.

At the beginning of the year, a lessee company enters into a new lease agreement

that is correctly classified as a finance lease, with the following terms:

Annual lease payments due at the end of the year $100,000

Lease term 5 years

Appropriate discount rate 12%

Depreciation method straight-line basis

Estimated salvage value $0

With respect to the effect of the lease on the company’s financial statements in the

first year of the lease, which of the following is most accurate? The reduction in

the company’s:

A. pretax income is $72,096.

B. cash flow from financing is $56,742.

C. cash flow from operations is $72,096.

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