type recommendation for the client. According to FASB ASC 840-30-05-4 (2009), lease capitalization includes direct financing and sales-type leases. These types of leases are recognizable by meeting one of the four criteria’s. A lessee under the capital lease method recognizes the lease according to FASB ASC 840-30-25-1 (2009), as an asset and as a commitment. The lessee accounts for the lease commitment in accordance to FASB ASC 840-30-30-1 (2009), at inception when the amount is equal to the
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Case 8-4 The Bear Minimum Provision 1 According to 840-10-25-5 (b) it seems that the legal fees being paid by Big Bear for Goliath Co. would be excluded from the minimum lease payment. Reading further in 840-10-25-6 (e) it says “Fees that are paid by the lessee to the owners of the special-purpose entity for structuring the lease transaction. Such fees shall be included as part of minimum lease payments” so you would include these fees paid by Big Bear for the structuring the lease. In the
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ABC Company (NAME OF 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
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for 10-Year Lease term.Lease agreements have certain provisions depending on how the contract is written by the lessor to the lessee and what type of lease agreement. In this lease agreement we are focusing operating lease with provisions of NeedSpace and WeHaveIt, which has a 10 year lease term, no options to renew or negotiate renewal offered in the contract and the lessee incurs certain cost, repairs and maintenance. In regards to ASC 840 leases, according to 840-10-20 and 840-10-05-9A, 840-10-05-9B
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FASB ASC paragraph 840-10-25-5, “minimum lease payments comprise the payments that the lessee is obligated to make or can be required to make in connection with the leased property”. Annual rent of $1 million is the stipulated payments that the lessee is obligated to make, so that it should be included in minimum lease payments. In regard to the probable increased rental fees (due to increase in CPI), we consider it not to be included in minimum lease payments. Firstly, we find FASB ASC paragraph
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is in compliance with all of its debt covenants. Big Bear has entered a 10 year non-cancelable lease with Goliath Company for a combustion turbine. The lease is signed on December 15, 2010 and the right to use the turbine begins on January 1, 2011. Relevant Issues and Case Facts The case focuses on whether certain costs and provisions associated with the lease would be included in “minimum lease payments” under ASC 840 under leases. There are three specific provisions under question: legal
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company that manufactures and supplies earthmoving and construction equipment. * Sable sells and leases equipment to its customers. * Sable entered into a contract with Buildit Co. leasing a bulldozer for construction. * The lease term is 10 years and the economic and useful life of the bulldozer is 15 years. * Annual lease payments due at the end of every year will be $16,000. * Buildit is responsible for maintenance, insurance, and tax payments arising from the lease.
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Case 8-4 The Bear Minimum Provision 1 According to 840-10-25-5 (b) it seems that the legal fees being paid by Big Bear for Goliath Co. would be excluded from the minimum lease payment. Reading further in 840-10-25-6 (e) it says “Fees that are paid by the lessee to the owners of the special-purpose entity for structuring the lease transaction. Such fees shall be included as part of minimum lease payments” so you would include these fees paid by Big Bear for the structuring the lease. In the
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and updated 5/2013) Jack leases an office building from Jill. The lease is classified as an operating lease under the guidance of ASC Topic 840, Leases. The lease does not include any renewal options upon the expiration, but Jack is in the process of negotiating an extension of the lease. Jack proposes to make a single up-front payment of $1.2 million to Jill in exchange for an extension of the lease at the current rate for another 10 years. The extension would create a new lease under ASC par. 9 of
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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 the maintenance obligation by setting up a reserve, the guidance in ASC 840-10-05-9A through 840-10-05-9C states that the maintenance reserve shall be recognized as a deposit asset and reimbursed later when the required repair and maintenance is completed by the lessee. However, the provision in the lease agreement does not call upon
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