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How to Account for Deferred Rent Compile the total cost of the lease for the entire lease period.Divide this amount by the total number of periods covered by the lease, including all free occupancy months.

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.

A lease modification is a change to the terms and conditions of a contract resulting in a change to either the scope or consideration for a lease. This could be a change that either adds or terminates the right to use a portion or all of the underlying asset(s) or changes the lease term.

Lease modification: A change in the scope of a lease, or the consideration for a lease, that was not part of the original terms and conditions of the lease (for example, adding or terminating the right to use one or more underlying assets, or extending or shortening the contractual lease term).

When a lease modification is accounted for as a new lease, the lessee accounts for the separate lease in the same way as any new lease, using a new discount rate. A lessee revises the discount rate when there is a modification that is not accounted for as a separate lease.

According to the IFRS 16, A re-assessment of the lease liability takes place if the cash flows change based on the original terms and conditions of the lease. Changes that were not part of the original terms and conditions of the lease would be considered as lease modifications.

A lease modification is defined as a change in the scope of a lease, or the consideration for a lease, that was not part of the original terms and conditions of the lease.