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The lease conveys no ownership at the end of the lease term, contains no purchase option and requires no guarantee of residual value. Because the lease agreement is for the underlying asset's entire five-year life, it is classified as a finance lease under the new standard.

Either the first or second criteria are necessary for land leases to qualify as capital leases. Leases for both land and buildings likewise require either of the first two criterias followed by separation and individual capitalization by the lessee.

A finance lease, also referred to as a capital lease or sales lease, is a type of commercial lease in which a finance company is the legal owner of an asset, and the user rents the asset for an agreed-upon period of time.In this situation, the lessee will record the interest of the lease payment as an expense.

Under ASC 842, a ground lease can be classified as either an operating or finance lease.The lease grants the lessee an option to purchase the underlying asset that the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise. The lease term is for the major part of the remaining economic life of the underlying asset.

Leasing is the easiest method of financing fixed assets. No mortgage or hypothecation is required. Restrictions involved in long-term borrowing from financial institutions are avoided. Formalities involved in leasing are much less than in case of borrowing from financial institutions.

Classification of a leaseIf the risks and rewards lie with the lessee then it is said to be a finance lease, if the lessee does not take on the risks and rewards, then the lease is said to be an operating lease.

There are two parties to a lease: the owner called the lessor and the user called the lessee. The lessor is the person who owns the asset and gives it on lease. The lessee takes the asset on lease and uses it for the period of the lease.