McCormick County agreed to acquire a new recreation equipment storage facility under a lease financing agreement. At the inception of the lease, a payment of $720,000 will be made; four additional annual lease payments, each in the amount of $720,000, are to be made at the end of each year, beginning late in the current year. The total amount to be paid under this lease is $3,750,000. The county could borrow this amount for four years at an annual interest rate of 6 percent. Therefore, the present value of the lease at inception, including the initial payment, is $3,348,829. Assume that the fair value of the building at the inception of the lease is $3,600,000. Required
a. Was this lease properly classified as a capital lease? Explain.
b. Show the entries required to record the inception of the lease in the capital projects fund, the debt service fund, and the governmental activities journal.
c. Show the entries required to record the payment at the end of the first year of the lease in both the debt service fund and governmental activities journal.
d. Which financial statement(s) prepared at the end of the first year would show both the asset and the liability related to this capital lease? At what amount would the liability be reported?

In three to four sentences, explain the effect of a price ceiling on the quantity of a good and who this intervention intends to assist

Which of the following best describes the purpose of raising and lowering the required reserve ratio? a. to make sure that government spending does not result in either a surplus or deficit. b. to stimulate economic growth by making it less expensive for producers to get loans. c. to manage the economy by increasing or decreasing the amount of loans being made. d. to regulate the activity of private banks to assure an equitable distribution of wealth. 2b2t

Gino's restaurant is a popular restaurant in boston, massachusetts. the owner of the restaurant has been trying to better understand costs at the restaurant and has hired a student intern to conduct an activity-based costing study. the intern, in consultation with the owner, identified the following major activities: activity cost pool activity measure serving a party of diners number of parties served serving a diner number of diners served serving drinks number of drinks ordered some costs, such as the cost of cleaning the linens that cover the restaurant's tables, vary with the number of parties served. other costs, such as washing plates and glasses, depends on the number of diners served or the number of drinks served. data concerning these activities are shown below. serving a party serving a dinner serving drinks total total cost $47,600 $153,000 $59,800 $260,400 total activity 7,000 parties 30,000 diners 46,000 drinks prior to the activity-based costing study, the owner knew very little about the costs of the restaurant. she knew that the total cost for the month was $260,400 and that 30,000 diners had been served. therefore, the average cost per diner was $8.68.required: 1. compute the activity rates for each of the three activities 2. according to the activity-based costing system, what is the total cost of serving each of the following parties of diners? a. a party of four diners who ordered three drinks in total b. a party of two diners who do not order any drinks c. a lone diner who orders two drinks 3. convert the total costs you computed in part (1) above to costs per diner. in other words, what is the average cost per diner for serving each of the following parties: a. a party of four diners who order three drinks in total b. a party of two diner who do not order any drinks c. a lone diner who orders two drinks 4. why do the costs per diner for the three different parties differ from each other and from the overall average coast of $9.80 per diner?