ACCT 4050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Finance Lease, Operating Lease, Financial Statement

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Two issues: lease classification for the lessee and lessor on the financial statements. There are two possible classifications: capital lease, operating lease. Business / finance (risk, financing from lessor, capital budget, working capital ) Tax (tax advantages for certain types of leases, passed to lessee by lessor) Legal (easier to arrange, creditors have a more limited claim against leased assets than purchased assets) Accounting (operating lease has no balance sheet impact a source of off-balance sheet financing; capital lease impacts debt and assets, and related ratios) Summary: under gaap, all lease agreements are classified as either: capital lease. Lessee treated as the owner of the asset and an asset and liability recorded on the lessee"s balance sheet. Depreciation recorded each period: operating lease. No ownership by lessee (lessor treated as owner) Only rental expense recorded by lessee (no depreciation) Lessor: either capital or operating has the same impact. Improves roa, d/e ratio, reduces perceived risk of lessee.

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