A company is deciding between two options: (1) purchase a piece of equipment for $10,000 or (2) lease the same piece of equipment for three years and then return the equipment to the owner. The lease payments are $182.53 per month and have a present value of $6,000. If the company decides to lease, for what amount would the leased asset be recorded at the beginning of the lease? a) $10,000.
b) $6,000
c) $4,000.
d) $6,571.

The following cost and inventory data are taken from the accounting records of mason company for the year just completed: costs incurred: direct labor cost $ 90,000 purchases of raw materials $ 134,000 manufacturing overhead $ 205,000 advertising expense $ 45,000 sales salaries $ 101,000 depreciation, office equipment $ 225,000 beginning of the year end of the year inventories: raw materials $ 8,100 $ 10,300 work in process $ 5,900 $ 21,000 finished goods $ 77,000 $ 25,800 required: 1. prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured. 2. prepare the cost of goods sold section of mason company’s income statement for the year.