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Initial recordation. Calculate the present value of all lease payments; this will be the recorded cost of the asset. Record the amount as a debit to the appropriate fixed asset account, and a credit to the capital lease liability account.

The following principles should be applied in the financial statements of lessors: at commencement of the lease term, the lessor should record a finance lease in the balance sheet as a receivable, at an amount equal to the net investment in the lease [IAS 17.36]

Initial recordation. Calculate the present value of all lease payments; this will be the recorded cost of the asset. Record the amount as a debit to the appropriate fixed asset account, and a credit to the capital lease liability account.

The accounting treatment for operating leases under US GAAP is: Operating leases are shown as an asset on the balance sheet, valued as the present value of the lease payments (not the market value of the asset) The lease liability is shown on the balance sheet (similarly, the present value of the lease payments)

Leases have two classifications under US GAAP . A capital lease, now known as a finance lease, resembles a financed purchase; the lease term spans most of the asset's useful life. An operating lease resembles a rental agreement in that the asset is used for a set time with useful life remaining at lease end.

Accounting for a finance lease has four steps: Record the present value of all lease payments as the cost of the lease. Record only the interest portion of each payment as an expense. Depreciate the recognised cost of the asset over its applicable life. Recognise the asset's disposal upon its retirement.

The lessor reports the lease as a leased asset on the balance sheet and individual lease payments as income on the income and cash flow statements. The lessee reports the lease as both an asset and a liability on the balance sheet due to their stake as a potential owner of the asset and their required payment.