Chapter

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 CHAPTER 21

ACCOUNTING FOR LEASES

Intermediate Accounting
13th Edition
Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield

Chapter
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 Learning Objectives
1. Explain the nature, economic substance, and advantages of lease
transactions.
2. Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases
by the lessee.
3. Contrast the operating and capitalization methods of recording leases.
4. Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.
5. Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.
6. Identify special features of lease arrangements that cause unique
accounting problems.
7. Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on
lease accounting.
8. Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.
9. List the disclosure requirements for leases.
Chapter
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 Accounting for Leases

Special
Leasing Accounting by Accounting by
Accounting
Environment Lessee Lessor
Problems

Who are Capitalization Economics of Residual values

players? criteria leasing Sales-type
Advantages of Accounting Classification leases
leasing differences Direct-financing Bargain-
Conceptual Capital lease method purchase option
nature of a lease method Operating Initial direct costs
Operating method Current versus
method noncurrent
Comparison Disclosure
Unresolved
problems

Chapter
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 The Leasing Environment

A lease is a contractual agreement between a lessor

and a lessee, that gives the lessee the right to use
specific property, owned by the lessor, for a
specified period of time.

Largest group of leased equipment involves:

Information technology
Transportation (trucks, aircraft, rail)
Construction
Agriculture

Chapter LO 1 Explain the nature, economic substance,

and advantages of lease transactions.
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 The Leasing Environment

Who Are the Players?

Three general categories:
Banks.
Captive leasing companies.
Independents.

Chapter LO 1 Explain the nature, economic substance,

and advantages of lease transactions.
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 The Leasing Environment

Advantages of Leasing
1. 100% Financing at Fixed Rates.
2. Protection Against Obsolescence.
3. Flexibility.
4. Less Costly Financing.
5. Tax Advantages.
6. Off-Balance-Sheet Financing.

Chapter LO 1 Explain the nature, economic substance,

and advantages of lease transactions.
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 The Leasing Environment

Conceptual Nature of a Lease

Capitalize a lease that transfers substantially all
of the benefits and risks of property ownership,
provided the lease is noncancelable.
Leases that do not transfer
substantially all the benefits
and risks of ownership
are operating leases.

Chapter LO 1 Explain the nature, economic substance,

and advantages of lease transactions.
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 The Leasing Environment
The issue of how to report leases is the case of substance versus
form. Although technically legal title may not pass, the benefits
from the use of the property do.

Operating Lease Capital Lease

Journal Entry: Journal Entry:
Rent expense xxx Leased equipment xxx
Cash xxx Lease liability xxx

A lease that transfers substantially all of the benefits and risks of

property ownership should be capitalized (only noncancellable leases
may be capitalized).

Chapter LO 1 Explain the nature, economic substance,

and advantages of lease transactions.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

If the lessee capitalizes a lease, the lessee records

an asset and a liability generally equal to the present
value of the rental payments.
Records depreciation on the leased asset.
Treats the lease payments as consisting of interest and
principal.

Typical Journal Entries for Capitalized Lease Illustration 21-2

Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures

for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

To record a lease as a capital lease, the lease must be

noncancelable.
One or more of four criteria must be met:
1. Transfers ownership to the lessee.
2. Contains a bargain-purchase option.
3. Lease term is equal to or greater than 75 percent of
the estimated economic life of the leased property.
4. The present value of the minimum lease payments
(excluding executory costs) equals or exceeds 90
percent of the fair value of the leased property.

Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures

for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

Lease Agreement Leases that DO NOT

meet any of the four
criteria are accounted for
as Operating Leases.
Illustration 21-4

Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures

for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

Capitalization Criteria

Transfer of Ownership Test

Not controversial and easily implemented.

Bargain-Purchase Option Test

At the inception of the lease, the difference
between the option price and the expected fair
market value must be large enough to make
exercise of the option reasonably assured.

Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures

for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

Capitalization Criteria

Economic Life Test (75% Test)

Lease term is generally considered to be the
fixed, noncancelable term of the lease.
Bargain-renewal option can extend this period.
At the inception of the lease, the difference
between the renewal rental and the expected fair
rental must be great enough to make exercise of
the option to renew reasonably assured.

Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures

for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

Capitalization Criteria
Recovery of Investment Test (90% Test)
Minimum Lease Payments:
 Minimum rental payment
 Guaranteed residual value
 Penalty for failure to renew
 Bargain-purchase option
Executory Costs:
Exclude from PV of
 Insurance
Minimum Lease
 Maintenance Payment Calculation
Chapter
 Taxes LO 2
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 Accounting by the Lessee

Capitalization Criteria
Recovery of Investment Test (90% Test)

Discount Rate
Lessee computes the present value of the minimum
lease payments using its incremental borrowing rate,
with one exception.
 If the lessee knows the implicit interest rate
computed by the lessor and it is less than the lessee’s
incremental borrowing rate, then lessee must use the
lessor’s rate.
Chapter LO 2
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 Accounting by the Lessee

Asset and Liability Accounted for Differently

Asset and Liability Recorded at the lower of:

1. present value of the minimum lease payments

(excluding executory costs) or

2. fair-market value of the leased asset.

Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures

for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

Asset and Liability Accounted for Differently

Depreciation Period

If lease transfers ownership, depreciate asset

over the economic life of the asset.

If lease does not transfer ownership,

depreciate over the term of the lease.

Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures

for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

Asset and Liability Accounted for Differently

Effective-Interest Method
The effective-interest method is used to
allocate each lease payment between principal
and interest.

Depreciation Concept
Depreciation and the discharge of the obligation
are independent accounting processes.
Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures
for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee
E21-1 (Capital Lease with Unguaranteed Residual Value): On
January 1, 2011, Adams Corporation signed a 5-year noncancelable
lease for a machine. The terms of the lease called for Adams to
make annual payments of $9,968 at the beginning of each year,
starting January 1, 2011. The machine has an estimated useful life
of 6 years and a $5,000 unguaranteed residual value. Adams uses
the straight-line method of depreciation for all of its plant assets.
Adams’s incremental borrowing rate is 10%, and the Lessor’s
implicit rate is unknown.
Instructions
(a) What type of lease is this? Explain.
(b) Compute the present value of the minimum lease payments.
(c) Prepare all necessary journal entries for Adams for this lease
Chapter
through January 1, 2012.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

E21-1: What type of lease is this? Explain.

Capitalization Criteria: Capital Lease, #3
1. Transfer of ownership NO
2. Bargain purchase option NO
3. Lease term => 75% of Lease term 5 yrs.
economic life of leased Economic life 6 yrs.
property YES 83.3%
4. Present value of minimum
FMV of leased
lease payments => 90% of
property is unknown.
FMV of property
Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures
for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

E21-1: Compute present value of the minimum lease

payments.
Payment $ 9,968
Present value factor (i=10%,n=5) 4.16986
PV of minimum lease payments $41,565
1/1/11 Journal Entries:
Leased Machine Under Capital Leases 41,565
Lease Liability 41,565
Lease Liability 9,968
Cash 9,968
Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures
for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

E21-1: Lease Amortization Schedule

10%
Lease Interest Reduction Lease
Date Payment Expense in Liability Liability
1/1/11 $ 41,565
1/1/11 $ 9,968 $ 9,968 31,597
12/31/11 9,968 3,160 6,808 24,789
12/31/12 9,968 2,479 7,489 17,300
12/31/13 9,968 1,730 8,238 9,062
12/31/14 9,968 906 9,062 0

Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures

for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

E21-1: Journal entries for Adams through Jan. 1, 2012.

12/31/11

Depreciation Expense 8,313

Accumulated Depreciation—Capital Leases 8,313
($41,565 ÷ 5 = $8,313)

Interest Expense 3,160

Interest Payable 3,160
($41,565 – $9,968) X .10]

Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures

for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

E21-1: Journal entries for Adams through Jan. 1, 2012.

1/1/12

Lease Liability 6,808

Interest Payable 3,160
Cash 9,968

Chapter LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures

for capitalizing leases by the lessee.
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 Accounting by the Lessee

Operating Method
The lessee assigns rent to the periods benefiting from
the use of the asset and ignores, in the accounting, any
commitments to make future payments.

Illustration: Assume Adams accounts for it as an

operating lease. Adams records this payment on January
1, 2011, as follows.
Rent Expense 9,968
Cash 9,968

Chapter
21-26 LO 3 Contrast the operating and capitalization methods of recording leases.
 Accounting by the Lessee

E21-1: Comparison of Capital Lease with Operating Lease

E21-1 Capital Lease Operating

Depreciation Interest Lease
Date Expense Expense Total Expense Diff.
2011 $ 8,313 $ 3,160 $ 11,473 $ 9,968 $ 1,505
2012 8,313 2,479 10,792 9,968 824
2013 8,313 1,730 10,043 9,968 75
2014 8,313 906 9,219 9,968 (749)
2015 8,313 8,313 9,968 (1,655)
$ 41,565 $ 8,275 $ 49,840 $ 49,840 0

Chapter
21-27 LO 3 Contrast the operating and capitalization methods of recording leases.
 Accounting by the Lessor

Benefits to the Lessor

1. Interest Revenue.
2. Tax Incentives.
3. High Residual Value.

Chapter
21-28 LO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.
 Accounting by the Lessor

Economics of Leasing
A lessor determines the amount of the rental, based
on the rate of return needed to justify leasing the
asset.
If a residual value is involved (whether guaranteed or
not), the company would not have to recover as much
from the lease payments

Chapter
21-29 LO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.
 Accounting by the Lessor
E21-10 (Computation of Rental): Fieval Leasing Company signs an
agreement on January 1, 2010, to lease equipment to Reid
Company. The following information relates to this agreement.
1. The term of the noncancelable lease is 6 years with no renewal option.
The equipment has an estimated economic life of 6 years.
2. The cost of the asset to the lessor is $343,000. The fair value of the
asset at January 1, 2010, is $343,000.
3. The asset will revert to the lessor at the end of the lease term at
which time the asset is expected to have a residual value of $61,071,
none of which is guaranteed.
4. The agreement requires annual rental payments, beg. Jan. 1, 2010.
5. Collectibility of the lease payments is reasonably predictable. There
are no important uncertainties surrounding the amount of costs yet to
be incurred by the lessor.
Chapter
21-30 LO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.
 Accounting by the Lessor
E21-10 (Computation of Rental): Assuming the lessor desires a
10% rate of return on its investment, calculate the amount of the
annual rental payment required.

Residual value $ 61,071

PV of single sum (i=10%, n=6) x 0.56447
PV of residual value $ 34,473

Fair market value of leased equipment $ 343,000

Present value of residual value - (34,473)
Amount to be recovered through lease payment 308,527
PV factor of annunity due (i=10%, n=6) ÷ 4.79079
Annual payment required $ 64,400
Chapter
21-31 LO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.
 Accounting by the Lessor

Classification of Leases by the Lessor

a. Operating leases.
b. Direct-financing leases.
c. Sales-type leases.

Chapter
21-32 LO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.
 Accounting by the Lessor

Classification of Leases by the Lessor

Illustration 21-10

A sales-type lease involves a manufacturer’s or dealer’s profit, and a

direct-financing lease does not.
Chapter
21-33 LO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.
 Accounting by the Lessor

Classification of Leases by the Lessor

Illustration 21-11

A lessor may classify a lease as an operating lease but the lessee

may classify the same lease as a capital lease.
Chapter
21-34 LO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.
 Accounting by the Lessor

Direct-Financing Method (Lessor)

In substance the financing of an asset purchase by
the lessee.

Chapter
21-35 LO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.
 Accounting by the Lessor

E21-10: Prepare an amortization schedule that would be

suitable for the lessor.

Chapter
21-36 LO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.
 Accounting by the Lessor

E21-10: Prepare all of the journal entries for the lessor

for 2010 and 2011.

1/1/10 Lease Receivable 343,000

Equipment 343,000

1/1/10 Cash 64,400

Lease Receivable 64,400

12/31/10 Interest Receivable 27,860

Interest Revenue 27,860

Chapter
21-37 LO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.
 Accounting by the Lessor

E21-10: Prepare all of the journal entries for the lessor

for 2010 and 2011.

1/1/11 Cash 64,400

Lease Receivable 36,540
Interest Receivable 27,860

12/31/11 Interest Receivable 24,206

Interest Revenue 24,206

Chapter
21-38 LO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.
 Accounting by the Lessor

Operating Method (Lessor)

Records each rental receipt as rental revenue.

Depreciates the leased asset in the normal manner.

Chapter
21-39 LO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.
 Accounting by the Lessor

Operating Method (Lessor)

Illustration: Assume Fieval accounts for the lease as an
operating lease. It records the cash rental receipt as
follows:
Cash 64,400
Rental Revenue 64,400

Depreciation is recorded as follows:

Depreciation Expense 57,167
Accumulated Depreciation 57,167
$343,000 / 6 years = 57,167
Chapter
21-40 LO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.
 Special Accounting Problems

1. Residual values.
2. Sales-type leases (lessor).
3. Bargain-purchase options.
4. Initial direct costs.
5. Current versus noncurrent classification.
6. Disclosure.

Chapter LO 6 Identify special features of lease arrangements

that cause unique accounting problems.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Residual Values
Meaning of Residual Value - Estimated fair value of
the leased asset at the end of the lease term.

Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee agrees to make

up any deficiency below a stated amount that the lessor
realizes in residual value at the end of the lease term.

Chapter LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed

and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Residual Values
Lessee Accounting for Residual Value
The accounting consequence is that the minimum
lease payments, include the guaranteed residual
value but excludes the unguaranteed residual value.

Chapter LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed

and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. (a subsidiary of Caterpillar) and
Sterling Construction Corp. sign a lease agreement dated January 1,
2011, that calls for Caterpillar to lease a front-end loader to Sterling
beginning January 1, 2011. The terms and provisions of the lease
agreement, and other pertinent data, are as follows.
The term of the lease is five years. The lease agreement is
noncancelable, requiring equal rental payments at the beginning of
each year (annuity due basis).
The loader has a fair value at the inception of the lease of
$100,000, an estimated economic life of five years, and no residual
value.

Chapter LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed

and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):

Sterling pays all of the executory costs directly to third parties
except for the property taxes of $2,000 per year, which is included
as part of its annual payments to Caterpillar.
The lease contains no renewal options. The loader reverts to
Caterpillar at the termination of the lease.
Sterling’s incremental borrowing rate is 11 percent per year.
Sterling depreciates on a straight-line basis.
Caterpillar sets the annual rental to earn a rate of return on its
investment of 10 percent per year; Sterling knows this fact.
Caterpillar estimates a residual value of $5,000 a the end of the
lease.
Chapter LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed
and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):

Caterpillar would compute the amount of the lease payments as

follows:
Illustration 21-16

NOTE: For the Lessee, the minimum lease payment includes the guaranteed
residual value but excludes the unguaranteed residual value.

Solution on
Chapter
notes page LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed
and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):

Computation of Lessee’s capitalized amount

Illustration 21-17

Solution on
Chapter
notes page LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed
and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):

Computation of Lease Amortization Schedule
Illustration 21-18

Chapter
21-48 LO 7
 Special Accounting Problems

Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):

At the end of the lease term, before the lessee transfers the
asset to Caterpillar, the lease asset and liability accounts have the
following balances.
Illustration 21-19

Chapter LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed

and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):

Assume that Sterling depreciated the leased asset down to its

residual value of $5,000 but that the fair market value of the
residual value at December 31, 2015, was $3,000. Sterling would
make the following journal entry.

Loss on Capital Lease 2,000.00

Interest Expense (or Interest Payable) 454.76
Lease Liability 4,545.24
Accumulated Depreciation—Capital Leases 95,000.00
Leased Equipment under Capital Leases 100,000.00
Cash 2,000.00
Chapter LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed
and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Illustration (Unguaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):

Assume the same facts as those above except that the $5,000
residual value is unguaranteed instead of guaranteed. Caterpillar
would compute the amount of the lease payments as follows:

Illustration 21-20

Solution on
Chapter
notes page LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed
and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Illustration (Unguaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):

Computation of Lease Amortization Schedule
Illustration 21-21

Chapter LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed

and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Illustration (Unguaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):

At the end of the lease term, before Sterling transfers the asset
to Caterpillar, the lease asset and liability accounts have the
following balances.
Illustration 21-22

Chapter LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed

and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems
Comparative Entries, Lessee Company Illustration 21-23

Chapter
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 Special Accounting Problems

Lessor Accounting for Residual Value

The lessor works on the assumption that it will realize the residual
value at the end of the lease term whether guaranteed or
unguaranteed.

Illustration: Assume a direct-financing lease with a residual value

(either guaranteed or unguaranteed) of $5,000. Caterpillar
determines the payments as follows.
Illustration 21-24

Chapter LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed

and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Lessor Accounting for Residual Value

Illustration: Lease Amortization Schedule, for Lessor—
Guaranteed or Unguaranteed Residual Value
Illustration 21-25

Chapter
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 Special Accounting Problems

Lessor Accounting for Residual Value

Illustration: Caterpillar would make the following entries for this
direct-financing lease in the first year.
Illustration 21-26

Chapter Solution on LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed

notes page
and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.
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 Special Accounting Problems

Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)

Primary difference between a direct-financing
lease and a sales-type lease is the
manufacturer’s or dealer’s gross profit (or loss).
Lessor records the sale price of the asset, the
cost of goods sold and related inventory
reduction, and the lease receivable.
Difference in accounting for guaranteed and
unguaranteed residual values.

Chapter
21-58 LO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.
 Special Accounting Problems

Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)

Illustration: To illustrate a sales-type lease with a
guaranteed residual value and with an unguaranteed residual
value, assume the same facts as in the preceding direct-
financing lease situation. The estimated residual value is
$5,000 (the present value of which is $3,104.60), and the
leased equipment has an $85,000 cost to the dealer,
Caterpillar. Assume that the fair market value of the
residual value is $3,000 at the end of the lease term.

Chapter
21-59 LO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.
 Special Accounting Problems

Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)

Illustration: Computation of Lease Amounts by Caterpillar
Financial—Sales-Type Lease
Illustration 21-28

Chapter
21-60 LO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.
 Special Accounting Problems

Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)

Illustration: Caterpillar makes the following entries to
record this transaction on January 1, 2011, and the receipt of
the residual value at the end of the lease term.
Illustration 21-29

Chapter
21-61 LO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.
 Special Accounting Problems

Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)

Illustration: Caterpillar makes the following entries to
record this transaction on January 1, 2011, and the receipt of
the residual value at the end of the lease term.
Illustration 21-29

(January 1, 2012)

Chapter
21-62 LO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.
 Special Accounting Problems

Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)

Illustration: Caterpillar makes the following entries to
record this transaction on January 1, 2011, and the receipt of
the residual value at the end of the lease term.
Illustration 21-29

Chapter
21-63 LO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.
 Special Accounting Problems

Bargain Purchase Option (Lessee)

Present value of the minimum lease payments

must include the present value of the option.
Only difference between the accounting
treatment for a bargain-purchase option and a
guaranteed residual value of identical amounts
is in the computation of the annual
depreciation.

Chapter
21-64 LO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.
 Special Accounting Problems

Initial Direct Costs (Lessor)

The accounting for initial direct costs:
For operating leases, the lessor should defer
initial direct costs.
For sales-type leases, the lessor expenses the
initial direct costs.
For a direct-financing lease, the lessor adds
initial direct costs to the net investment.

Chapter
21-65 LO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.
 Special Accounting Problems

Current versus Noncurrent

FASB Statement No. 13 does not indicate how to
measure the current and noncurrent amounts.
It requires that for the lessee the “obligations shall
be separately identified on the balance sheet as
obligations under capital leases and shall be subject
to the same considerations as other obligations in
classifying them with current and noncurrent
liabilities in classified balance sheets.”

Chapter
21-66 LO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.
 Special Accounting Problems

Disclosing Lease Data

1. General description of the nature of the lease.
2. Nature, timing and amount of cash inflows and outflows
associated with leases, including payments for each of
the five succeeding years.
3. Amount of lease revenues and expenses reported in the
income statement each period.
4. Description and amounts of leased assets by major
balance sheet classification and related liabilities.
5. Amounts receivable and unearned revenues under lease.
Chapter
21-67 LO 9 List the disclosure requirements for leases.
  Leasing was on the FASB’s initial agenda in 1973 and SFAS No. 13
was issued in 1976 (before the conceptual framework was
developed). SFAS No. 13 has been the subject of more than 30
interpretations since its issuance.

 The iGAAP leasing standard is IAS 17, first issued in 1982. This
standard is the subject of only three interpretations. One reason
for this small number of interpretations is that iGAAP does not
specifically address a number of leasing transactions that are
covered by U.S. GAAP. Examples include lease agreements for
natural resources, sale-leasebacks, real estate leases, and
Chapter
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leveraged leases.
  Both U.S. GAAP and iGAAP share the same objective of recording
leases by lessees and lessors according to their economic
substance—that is, according to the definitions of assets and
liabilities.

 U.S. GAAP for leases in much more “rule-based” with specific

bright-line criteria to determine if a lease arrangement transfers
the risks and rewards of ownership; iGAAP is more general in its
provisions.

Chapter
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Chapter
21-70 LO 10
 Solution on
notes page

Illustration 21A-2

Chapter
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 Solution on
Chapter notes page
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 Illustration 21A-3

Chapter
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Chapter
21-74 LO 10 Understand and apply lease accounting concepts to various lease arrangements.
 Illustration 21A-4

Chapter
21-75 LO 10 Understand and apply lease accounting concepts to various lease arrangements.
Chapter
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 Illustration 21A-5

Chapter
21-77 LO 10 Understand and apply lease accounting concepts to various lease arrangements.
 The term sale-leaseback describes a transaction in
which the owner of the property (seller-lessee) sells the
property to another and simultaneously leases it back
from the new owner.

Advantages:
1. May allow seller to refinance at lower rates.
2. May provide another source of working capital,
particularly when liquidity is tight.
3. By selling the property, the seller-lessee may deduct
the entire lease payment, which is not subject to
alternative minimum tax considerations.
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 Determining Asset Use
To the extent the seller-lessee continues to use the asset
after the sale, the sale-leaseback is really a form of financing.
 Lessor should not recognize a gain or loss on the
transaction.

If the seller-lessee gives up the right to the use of the

asset, the transaction is in substance a sale.
 Gain or loss recognition is appropriate.

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 Lessee
If the lease meets one of the four criteria for treatment
as a capital lease, the seller-lessee should
 Account for the transaction as a sale and the lease as
a capital lease.
 Defer any profit or loss it experiences from the sale
of the assets that are leased back under a capital
lease.
 Amortize profit over the lease term .

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 Lessee
If none of the capital lease criteria are satisfied, the
seller-lessee accounts for the transaction as a sale and the
lease as an operating lease.
 Lessee defers such profit or loss and amortizes it in
proportion to the rental payments over the period
when it expects to use the assets.

Exceptions:
 Losses Recognized and Minor Leaseback

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 Lessor
If the lease meets one of the criteria in Group I and
both of the criteria in Group II, the purchaser-lessor
records the transaction as a purchase and a direct-
financing lease.

If the lease does not meet the criteria, the purchaser-

lessor records the transaction as a purchase and an
operating lease.

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 Sale-Leaseback Example
American Airlines on January 1, 2011, sells a used Boeing 757 having a carrying
amount on its books of $75,500,000 to CitiCapital for $80,000,000. American
immediately leases the aircraft back under the following conditions:
1. The term of the lease is 15 years, noncancelable, and requires equal
rental payments of $10,487,443 at the beginning of each year.
2. The aircraft has a fair value of $80,000,000 on January 1, 2011, and an
estimated economic life of 15 years.
3. American pays all executory costs.
4. American depreciates similar aircraft that it owns on a straight-line
basis over 15 years.
5. The annual payments assure the lessor a 12 percent return.
6. American’s incremental borrowing rate is 12 percent.
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 Sale-Leaseback Example
This lease is a capital lease to American because
 lease term exceeds 75 percent of the estimated life
of the aircraft and
 present value of the lease payments exceeds 90
percent of the fair value of the aircraft to CitiCapital.

Assuming that collectibility of the lease payments is reasonably

predictable and that no important uncertainties exist in relation
to unreimbursable costs yet to be incurred by CitiCapital, it
should classify this lease as a direct-financing lease.
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