classify the lease through AASB 117 par 10-12: In order for the lease to be deemed as a financial lease, based on professional judgement it is deem necessary for at least two of the required standards set in either AASB 117 par 10 or par 11. AASB 117 par 10: a) Ballarat Ltd does not intend to buy the bulldozer at the end of the lease term, thus there would be no transfer of ownership of asset and the ownership of the asset will return back to Monash Ltd at the end of the lease term. (NO)
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COMPANY IN CASE) Date: September 24, 2012 (DATE ASSIGNMENT DUE) Prepared by: Really Smart Senior (YOUR NAME) Reviewed by: Professor Robert Elya ISSUE: Accounting for ABC’s sale-sublease-leaseback of solar equipment with customers and third party investors. (THIS TOPIC/ISSUE LINE SHOULD SUCCINCTLY DESCRIBE THE OVERALL ACCOUNTING ISSUE BEING ADDRESSED IN THE MEMO) BRIEF BACKGROUND OF COMPANY (THIS SECTION IS DESIGNED TO PUT THE ISSUE IN CONTEXT) THIS SECTION SHOULD BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE
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Case 9-4 How should NeedsSpace account for the two obligations noted as provisions in the lease agreement? ● Provision 1: “Lessor may require the lessee to perform general repairs and maintenance on the leased premises.” By entering the lease agreement, NeedsSpace (the lessee) becomes legally and contractually responsible for performing general repair and maintenance on the leased premises. Assuming that the lessee is required to make deposits to financially protect the lessor concerning
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ACCT 3303 | CAPITAL LEASE vs. OPERATING LEASE | | Dr. Serge Ryno ACCT 3303 December 2, 2011 Capital Lease vs. Operating Lease Firms often choose to lease long-term assets rather than buy them for a variety of reasons including the tax benefits that are greater to the lessor than the lessees and leases offer more flexibility in terms of adjusting to changes in technology and capacity needs. Lease payments create the same kind of obligation that interest payments on debt create, and
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synthetic leases. We also know synthetic lease transactions are relatively commonplace for financing corporate build-to-suits and acquisitions, and that they are widely accepted by corporate real estate executives, financial institutions, and accounting firms. But is the synthetic lease a panacea for the corporate executive faced with a leasing decision? Are they the perfect solution for keeping real estate assets oil the company balance sheet? Are there any drawbacks to a synthetic lease? Before entering
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© 1997 American Accounting Association Accounting Horizons Vol. 11 No. 2 June 1997 pp.12-32 Operating Leases: Income Effects of Constructive Capitalization Eugene A. Imhoff, Jr.. Robert C. Lipe and David W. Wright Eugene A. Imhoff, Jr. is Professor at University of Michigan, Robert C. Lipe is Associate Professor at University of Colorado at Boulder and David W. Wright is Associate Professor at University of Michigan. SYNOPSIS: Lease contracts written in 1994 in the U.S. have been estimated
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Group In Re: Leases and Lease Structures A company wants information about leases and lease structures in the FASB codification required by the supervisor in response to the request of the client. The client is a regional trucking company. The company owns one hundred trailers 20 less than the requirement to take a new job proposal. The opportunity offers new growth, the doubt about the duration of the work is unclear and the client needs advice about whether to buy or lease the extra trailers
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Accepted Accounting Principles to International Financial Reporting Standard: The Potential Change for Leasing The United States, via the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), International Accounting Standards Board, and SEC all have begun the process to migrate from General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS). This migration has advocates for and against the change. A major change in the IFRS proposal is the accounting of leases
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2 Accounting Standards Learning objectives After studying this chapter, you will be able to: ♦ ♦ 1. Understand the provisions of the Accounting Standards specified in the syllabus. Solve the practical problems based on application of Accounting Standards. Introduction Accounting Standards (ASs) are written policy documents issued by expert accounting body or by government or other regulatory body covering the aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of accounting transactions
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| | | | FV = $34797 PV/FV = $31117/$34797 = 89.42% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lease period: 5 years | | | | | | | | Economic life: 8 years | | | | | | | | I would suggest that this is a financial lease. Although according to AASB 117 (par 10 c), the major part of the assets economic life is less than 75%, which not only suggest it is a financial lease, there are some conditions to support it is. The relationship between MLP and Fair Value is 89.42%, which
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