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FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS CASE
(a) The total obligations under capital leases at 12/26/2009 for Tasty Baking
Company is $2,306,000 (the present value of the future lease payments).
1. The estimated life of the asset and the lease term may be different.
If the asset is being depreciated over the economic life, but the
obligation is reduced over the lease term, a difference will result.
2. The asset and the reduction of the obligation are independent ac–
counting processes during the term of the lease. The lessee should
depreciate the leased asset by applying conventional depreciation
methods: straight-line, sum-of-the-years’ digits, declining balance,
units of production, etc. The reduction of the liability is based on
payment schedules, interest rates, length of lease, etc.