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Variable lease payments based on an index or a rate include, for example, payments linked to a consumer price index, payments linked to a benchmark interest rate (such as LIBOR) or payments that vary to reflect changes in market rental rates.

Variable payments that are independent of an index or a rate, particularly those tied to the future activity of a lessee or a leased asset, are excluded from the lease liability and right-of-use (RoU) asset measurement.

The buyer will record the leased asset as a fixed asset at its fair value as of the acquisition date. The buyer may also record any leasehold improvements owned by the acquired entity at fair value and/or an intangible asset or liability for favorable or unfavorable lease terms, respectively.

For example, if a lease payment were for a total of $1,000 and $120 of that amount were for interest expense, then the entry would be a debit of $880 to the capital lease liability account, a debit of $120 to the interest expense account, and a credit of $1,000 to the accounts payable account.

Yes, variable lease payments are required to be included in the lease liability and right-of-use asset?either initially if their amount can be determined at the commencement date, or subsequently when the event or factor on which they depend occurs.

Account for the lease modification as a termination of the original lease and creation of a new lease from the effective date of the modification. Measure the carrying amount of the underlying asset as the net investment in the original lease immediately before the effective date of the modification.

The lessee shall allocate the consideration in the contract on a relative standalone price basis to the separate lease components and the nonlease components of the contract. Initial direct costs should be allocated to the separate lease components on the same basis as the lease payments.

Accounting for Variable Lease Payments The fourth condition requires capitalization if the present value of minimum lease payments (MLP) is greater than 90% of the fair value of the asset.