Leases

Capital Lease (Lessee)

Risk of ownership passes with (must meet one)

Title

Bargain Purchase Option (BPO)

Substance

75% Test

Lease term > 75% Useful life

90% Test

PV of minimum lease payments > 90% Fair Value

Capitalize at Cost

Asset and Liability Recorded

PV of Future Lease Payments

Discount Rate (Lessor of)

Implicit Rate of Lease

Market Rate

Footnotes

Future minimum rental commitments

By Year for 5 years with all remaining years grouped together

Journal Entry (Lease payments)

Dr. Interest Expense
Cr. Cash or Lease Payable

Paying interest expense on Lease

Capital Lease (Lessor)

Requirements (Lessee must meet one)

Predictable collection of lease payments

No uncertainties if lessor reimburse lessee for cost incurred before payment

Journal Entry (Initial Lease)

Dr. Lease Receivable
Cr. Assets
Cr. Unearned income

Journal Entry (Lease payments)

Dr. Cash
Cr. Lease Receivable


Dr. Unearned Income
Cr. Interest Income

Cash received offsets the receivable previously booked

Unearned Income is slowly turned into interest income

Create a receivable, moving the asset under lease out, and booking any unearned income for the interest to be received from the lease payments

Operating Lease (Lessor)

Operating Lease (Lessee)

No Risk of Ownership

No Asset or Liabilities recorded in F/S

Leasehold improvements

Capitalized and depreciated over the lessor of Lease Life or Improvement life

Journal Entry (Lease Payments)

Dr. Rent Expense

Cr. Cash or Rent Payable

Not interest expense, it is just renting an asset

Rent Revenue recorded

Remains an asset and just depreciated

Journal Entry (Lease Payments)

Dr. Cash or Receivable
Cr. Rent Revenue

If fluctuating payments

Rent revenue is recognized on a S/L basis

Year 1: 4k
Year 2-5: 12.5k
Rent Revenue per year = 10.8k
(12.5k+4k)/4

Direct Financing Lease

Interest Revenue decreases as time passes

Principal amount increases with each payment

Carrying amount of Lease decreases

Sale-Leaseback

Profit on sale is deferred and amortized

Exception to being deferred amortized

PV of Lease payments is 10% or less of asset's FMV

PV of Lease payments is greater than 10% of FMV AND is an operating lease

Recognize GAIN instead

Recognize the gain net of PV of lease payments

100k gain, 25k PV of Lease Payments
75k is gain
25k is also gain, but is deferred

Lease Payments

Annuity Due

Payment begin at start of lease

Think: Rent is Due at the first of the month

Ordinary Annuity

Payments begin after the end of the first year

Think: An annuity is annual, and will pay at end of year