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Overview
In the previous chapter, we saw how companies account for their long-term debt. The focus of
that discussion was bonds and notes. In this chapter we continue our discussion of debt, but we now
turn our attention to liabilities arising in connection with leases. Leases that produce such
debtor/creditor relationships are referred to as capital leases by the lessee and as either direct
financing or sales-type leases by the lessor. We also will see that some leases do not produce
debtor/creditor relationships, but instead are accounted for as lease agreements. These are
designated operating leases.
Learning Objectives
LO1 Identify and describe the operational, financial, and tax objectives that motivate leasing.
LO2 Explain why some leases constitute rental agreements and some represent purchases/sales
accompanied by debt financing.
LO3 Explain the basis for each of the criteria and conditions used to classify leases.
LO4 Record all transactions associated with operating leases by both the lessor and lessee.
LO5 Describe and demonstrate how both the lessee and lessor account for a capital lease.
LO6 Describe and demonstrate how the lessor accounts for a sales-type lease.
LO7 Describe the way a bargain purchase option affects lease accounting.
LO8 Explain how lease accounting is affected by the residual value of a leased asset.
LO9 Explain the impact on lease accounting of executory costs, the discount rate, initial direct
costs, and contingent rentals.
LO10 Explain sale-leaseback agreements and other special leasing arrangements and their
accounting treatment.
LO11 Discuss the primary differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS with respect to leases.
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Part A: Accounting by the Lessor and Lessee
I. Advantages of Leasing
A. Leasing is used as a means of “off-balance-sheet financing.”
1. Can avoid negatively affecting the debt-equity ratio and other mechanical indicators of
riskiness.
2. Assumes market is naive, and is “fooled” by off-balance-sheet financing.
B. Achieves operational objectives by facilitating asset acquisition to overcome:
1. Uncertainty or cash flow problems.
2. Time constraints and/or bureaucratic control systems.
3. Fear of obsolescence.
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C. Achieves tax objectives: A lessee often can negotiate lower lease payments if it allows the
lessor to retain ownership and thus benefit from depreciation deductions when:
II. In keeping with the concept of “substance over form” a lease is accounted for as either:
A. A lease agreement or
B. A purchase/sale accompanied by debt financing (T15-1)
III. Lease Classification (T15-2)
A. A lessee should classify a lease transaction as a capital lease if it is noncancellable and if
one or more of four classification criteria are met: (T15-2)
1. The agreement specifies that ownership of the asset transfers to the lessee.
3. The noncancellable lease term is equal to 75% or more of the expected economic
life of the asset.
4. The present value of the minimum lease payments is equal to or greater than 90%
of the fair value of the asset.
B. Otherwise, it is an operating lease.
C. A lessor records a lease as a direct financing lease or a sales-type lease only if two
IV. Operating Leases (T15-3)
A. We assume that the fundamental rights and responsibilities of ownership are retained by the
lessor and that the lessee merely is using the asset temporarily.
B. A “sale” is not recorded by the lessor;
C. A “purchase” is not recorded by the lessee.
D. Instead, the periodic lease payments are accounted for merely as rent: (T15-4)
1. Rent revenue by the lessor,
2. Rent expense by the lessee.
E. Advance payments are considered prepayments of rent. They are deferred and allocated to
rent over the lease term. (T15-5)
1. A refundable security deposit is recorded as a long-term receivable (by the lessee) and
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V. Capital Leases (T15-6)
A. In a capital lease the lessee records a leased asset at the present value of the minimum lease
payments.
B. A capital lease is recorded by the lessor as a sales-type lease or direct financing lease,
depending on whether the lease provides the lessor a dealer’s profit.
C. Interest accrues at the effective rate on the balance outstanding during the period. Lease
payments (except the first) include interest on the outstanding balance as well as a residual
portion that reduces that outstanding balance. (T15-7)
D. An amortization schedule is convenient to keep up with changing amounts. (T15-8)
E. Depreciation is recorded for leased assets in a manner consistent with the lessee’s usual
policy for depreciating its operational assets (T15-9)
2. Over the asset's useful life, if:
a. Ownership transfers or
b. A bargain purchase option is present.
F. A sales-type lease requires recording sales revenue and cost of goods sold by the lessor at
the inception of the lease. All other entries are the same as in a direct financing lease.
(T15-10)
1. The presence or absence of a manufacturer’s or dealer’s profit distinguishes between a
sales-type lease and a direct financing lease.
Part B: Bargain Purchase Options and Residual Value
I. Bargain Purchase Option
When a BPO is present, both the lessor and the lessee view the option price as an additional
II. Residual Value (T15-13)
A lessee-guaranteed residual value is included as a component of minimum lease payments
for both the lessor and the lessee. An unguaranteed residual value is not (but is part of the
lessor’s gross investment in the lease).
A. If the lessee obtains title, the lessor’s computation of lease payments is unaffected by
any residual value.
B. If the lessor retains title, the amount to be recovered through periodic lease payments
is reduced by the present value of the residual amount. (T15-14)
C. On the other side of the transaction, the lessee considers the “purchase” price of the
copier to include:
2. An amount due to the residual value viewed as an additional “payment” if the
lessee guarantees the residual value to be a particular amount at the end of the
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Part C: Other Lease Accounting Issues
A. Executory costs are maintenance, insurance, taxes, and any other costs usually associated
with ownership. (T15-18)
1. Sometimes, as an expediency, a lease contract will specify that the lessor is to pay
2. Any portion of lease payments that represents executory costs is not considered part of
minimum lease payments.
3. The lessee simply expenses executory costs as incurred.
B. The lessee uses the lower of the interest rate implicit in the lease or the lessee’s own
incremental borrowing rate. (T15-19)
C. Initial direct costs are the costs incurred by the lessor that are associated directly with
originating a lease and are essential to acquire that lease.
1. They include legal fees, commissions, evaluating the prospective lessee's financial
condition, and preparing and processing lease documents.
2. The method of accounting for initial direct costs depends on the nature of the lease:
a. For operating leases initial direct costs are recorded as assets and amortized over
the term of the lease. Since the only revenue an operating lease produces is lease
revenue, and that revenue is recognized over the lease term, initial direct costs
also are automatically recognized over the lease term to match these costs with
D. Lease disclosure requirements include (a) a “general description” of the leasing
arrangement as well as (b) minimum future payments, in the aggregate, and for each of the
five succeeding fiscal years.
E. Decision-Makers’ Perspective: Financial Statement Impact
1. Balance Sheet and Income Statement
i. Lease liabilities affect the debt equity ratio and the rate of return on assets.
2. Statement of Cash Flow Impact
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ii. Each lease payment in a capital lease includes both an amount that represents interest and an
amount that represents a reduction of principal. In a statement of cash flows, then, the lessee
reports the interest portion as cash flows from operating activities and the principal portion as
Part D: Special Leasing Arrangements
A. In a sale-leaseback transaction the owner of an asset sells it and immediately leases it back
from the new owner.
1. A gain on the sale of an asset in a sale leaseback arrangement is deferred and
amortized over the lease term (or asset life if title is expected to transfer to the lessee).
2. The lease portion of the transaction is evaluated and accounted for like any lease.
B. Real estate leases involve land exclusively, or in part.
1. Only the first (title transfers) and second (BPO) classification criteria apply in a land
lease.
2. When (a) the leased property includes both land and a building, (b) neither of the first
3. Usual lease accounting procedures apply to leases that involve only part of a building
although extra effort may be needed to arrive at reasonable estimates of cost and fair
value.
C. A leveraged lease involves significant long-term, nonrecourse financing by a third party
creditor.
2. A lessor records its investment (receivable) net of the nonrecourse debt and reports
income from the lease only in those years when the receivable exceeds the liability.
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International Financial Reporting Standards
A. The IASB and FASB are collaborating on a joint project for a revision of leasing standards.
The Boards have agreed that a “right of use” model (where the lessee recognizes an asset
representing the right to use the leased asset for the lease term and also recognizes a
corresponding liability for the lease rentals, whatever the term of the lease) is the only
approach which recognizes assets and liabilities that corresponded to the conceptual
SUPPLEMENT: WHERE WE’RE HEADED
A. The right to use leased property can be a significant asset. Likewise, the obligation to
make the lease payments can be a significant liability.
1. Under the proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) the lessee reports both the
right-of-use asset and the corresponding liability in the balance sheet.
2. The concept of operating leases is eliminated.
B. Underlying the new ASU is a dual concept of leases:
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C. Type A Lease
1. The lessee reports both a right-of-use asset and a lease liability.
a. The lease liability is reduced over the lease term as interest is recorded at the
2. The lessor reports a lease receivable and removes the asset from its books. This is an
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a. A lessor cannot recognize sales profit (or revenue) at the beginning of any lease (which
is done currently for a sales-type lease) that doesn’t transfer “control” of the
underlying asset to the lessee.
C. Type B Lease
1. The lessee reports both a right-of-use asset and a lease liability.
a. The lease liability is reduced over the lease term as interest is recorded at the
2. The lessor records no entry at the beginning of the lease. This is an approach
substantially equivalent to existing operating lease accounting.
a. Lease revenue is recorded as an equal straight-line amount each period over the
lease term.
b. Depreciation expense is recorded on the asset still on the lessor’s books.
D. A lease that has a maximum possible lease term (including any options to renew or extend)
of twelve months or less is considered a “short-term lease.”
2. In a short-term lease, the lessor can elect not to record the lease at its beginning and
instead simply record lease receipts as lease revenue.
E. Initial direct costs are those associated directly with originating a lease and that would not
have been incurred had the lease agreement not occurred. These include legal fees,
commissions, evaluating the prospective lessee’s financial condition, and preparing and
processing lease documents. Initial direct costs are simply added to the book amount of the
right-of-use asset if incurred by the lessee or to the lease receivable if incurred by the
lessor.
F. There often is uncertainty regarding lease payments, the length of the lease term, and
whether the title will transfer to the lessee.
1. We consider the lease term for both the lessee and the lessor to be the contractual lease
2. If future lease payments are uncertain, we consider them as part of the lease payments
3. A cash payment predicted under a lessee-guaranteed residual value is treated the same
as a lease payment. That is, the present value of that payment is added to the present
4. We consider the exercise price of a purchase option to be an additional cash payment
(just like a cash payment predicted under a lessee-guaranteed residual value), which
will increase both the lessee’s lease payable and the lessor’s lease receivable, only if
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BASIC LEASE CLASSIFICATIONS
A lease is accounted for as either a lease agreement
(operating lease) or a purchase/sale accompanied by debt
financing. The choice of accounting method hinges on the
nature of the leasing arrangement. Capital leases are
agreements that we identify as being formulated outwardly as
leases, but which are in reality installment purchases.
Lessee Lessor
Operating lease Operating lease
Capital lease Capital lease:
Direct financing lease
Sales-type lease
T15-1
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CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA
A lessee should classify a lease transaction as a capital lease if it
includes a noncancelable lease term and one or more of the
following four criteria are met. Otherwise, it is an operating lease.
1 The agreement specifies that ownership of the asset
transfers to the lessee.
ADDITIONAL LESSOR CONDITIONS
The collectibility of the lease payments must be
reasonably predictable.
T15-2
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OPERATING LEASES
On January 1, 2016, Sans Serif Publishers, Inc., a computer services and printing
firm, leased a color copier from CompuDec Corporation.
The lease agreement specifies four annual payments of $100,000 beginning
January 1, 2016, the inception of the lease, and at each January 1 through 2016. The
useful life of the copier is estimated to be six years.
Before deciding to lease, Sans Serif considered purchasing the copier for its cash
price of $479,079. If funds were borrowed to buy the copier the interest rate would
have been 10%.
How should this lease be classified? We apply the four classification criteria:
1 Does the agreement specify that
ownership of the asset transfers
to the lessee? NO
T15-3
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OPERATING LEASES
At Each of the Four Payment Dates
Sans Serif Publishers, Inc. (Lessee)
Prepaid rent ....................................................... 100,000
At the End of Each Year
Sans Serif Publishers, Inc. (Lessee)
T15-4
ADVANCE PAYMENTS
Advance payments are considered prepayments of rent. They
are deferred and allocated to rent over the lease term.
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LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS
Sometimes a lessee will make improvements to leased
T15-5
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DIRECT FINANCING LEASES
LESSEE AND LESSOR CALCULATIONS
On January 1, 2016, Sans Serif Publishers, Inc. leased a copier
from First LeaseCorp. First LeaseCorp purchased the
equipment from CompuDec Corporation at a cost of $479,079.
Calculations:
Lessor:
$479,079 ÷ 4.79079** = $100,000
Lessee:
$100,000 x 4.79079** = $479,079
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DIRECT FINANCING LEASES
LESSEE AND LESSOR ENTRIES
Direct Financing Lease [January 1, 2016]
Sans Serif Publishers, Inc. (Lessee)
First Lease Payment [January 1, 2016]
Sans Serif Publishers, Inc. (Lessee)
T15-6 (continued)
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DIRECT FINANCING LEASES
SECOND LEASE PAYMENT
Second Lease Payment [December 31, 2016]
Sans Serif Publishers, Inc. (Lessee)
T15-7
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LEASE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE
Effective Decrease Outstanding
Payments Interest in Balance Balance
10% x Outstanding Balance
1/1/16 479,079
1/1/16 100,000 100,000 379,079
T15-8
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DEPRECIATION
Depreciation is recorded for leased assets in a manner
consistent with the lessee’s usual policy for depreciating its
operational assets.
End of Each Year
Sans Serif Publishers, Inc. (Lessee)
The lessee normally should depreciate a leased asset over the
term of the lease. However, if:
(a) ownership transfers or
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SALES-TYPE LEASES
On January 1, 2016, Sans Serif Publishers, Inc. leased a copier
from CompuDec Corporation at a “price” of $479,079.
T15-10
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LEASE PAYMENT RELATIONSHIPS
Lessor Lessee
SALES-TYPE LEASE CAPITAL LEASE
T15-11

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