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Within the lessee accounting model under IFRS 16, there is no longer a classification distinction between operating and finance leases. Rather, now a single model approach exists whereby all lessee leases post-adoption are reported as finance leases.

Certain types of assets are excluded from the new standardleases relating to inventory, intangibles, and some natural resources. The recognition, measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows from a lease will continue to depend on its classification as a finance or operating lease.

Under IFRS 16 lessees may elect not to recognise assets and liabilities for leases with a lease term of 12 months or less. In such cases a lessee recognises the lease payments in profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The exemption is required to be applied by class of underlying assets.

Leases of intangible assets Paragraph IFRS 16.3(e) excludes from the scope of IFRS 16 rights for intangible assets such as motion picture films, video recordings, plays, manuscripts, patents and copyrights. These rights should be accounted for under IAS 38.

IFRS 16 requires that the 'right of use asset' and the lease liability should initially be measured at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The discount rate used to determine present value should be the rate of interest implicit in the lease.

C3 As a practical expedient, an entity is not required to reassess whether a contract is, or contains, a lease at the date of initial application.

IFRS 16 introduces a single lessee accounting model and requires a lessee to recognise assets and liabilities for all leases with a term of more than 12 months, unless the underlying asset is of low value.

When calculating interest expense for a finance lease, the outstanding obligation is equal to the previous period's ending lease liability balance. Then the appropriate annual interest rate is multiplied by the fraction of one year for which the interest expense is being calculated.

Under IFRS 16, lessors account for finance leases by initially derecognising the asset and recognising a receivable for the net investment in the lease. Initial direct costs (other than those incurred by a manufacturer or dealer lessor) are included in the net investment in the lease.

Operating lease contract under IFRS 16 The lease liability is calculated as all the lease payments not paid at the commencement date discounted by the interest rate implicit in the lease or incremental borrowing rate.