Suppose a company signs a three-year lease agreement. the lease payments have a present value of $40,000. prior to signing the lease, the company had total assets of $600,000, total liabilities of $400,000, and total stockholders' equity of $200,000. calculate the balance of total assets, total liabilities, and total stockholders' equity immediately after signing the lease.
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The balance of total assets, total liabilities, and total stockholders' equity is $640,000, $440,000 and $200,000 respectively.

Explanation:

The computation of the balance of total assets, total liabilities, and total stockholders' equity after considering the lease payment  is shown below:

For Total assets  

= Total assets balance + present value of lease payments

= $600,000 + $40,000

= $640,000

For Total liabilities

= Total liabilities balance + present value of lease payments

= $400,000 + $40,000

= $440,000

And, the total stockholders' equity is $200,000

While computing the stockholder equity, the lease payment does not have an impact on the stockholder equity so the balance would remain the same as before

a corporation is legally separate from its owner, and it pays its own taxes.