Financial Aspects of Business

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A. Firms with lower effective tax rates were found to have a higher proportion of leased debt to total assets than did firms with higher effective tax rates. Some lease agreements are in-substance long-term installment purchases of assets that have been structured to gain tax or other benefits to the parties. Since leases may take different forms, it is necessary to examine the underlying nature of the original transaction to determine the appropriate method of accounting for these agreements. That is, they should be reported in a manner that describes the intent of the lessor and lessee rather than the form of the agreement.

D) There is generally no option to continue the lease at a rent lower than market value.

At the lease commencement, finance leases are capitalised at the fair value of the leased property, otherwise the present value of the minimum lease payments if lower (MHI, 2014). Other short term and long term payables include the relevant rental obligations and net of finance charges (MHI, 2014). Every lease payment is apportioned between the liability and finance charges (MHI, 2014). The finance cost is indicated in the comprehensive income statement for the lease period as well as to generate a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period (MHI, 2014). During the lease term, the depreciation is considered for the useful life of the asset such as the property, plant and equipment assigned under finance leases (MHI, 2014). The portion of the risks and rewards of ownership are persevered by the lessor are categorized as operating leases for leases (MHI, 2014). For the period of the lease, all payments made under operating leases less any incentives from lessor are indicated in the comprehensive income statement on a straight-line basis (MHI,

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While working on a consulting engagement, a supervisor in the team has given an assignment. The client is a regional trucking company. A new customer has approached the client with an opportunity that would require 120 trailers—20 more than the trucking company currently owns. The client is uncertain how long the relationship with the customer may last, but the deal has the potential for significant growth. The supervisor has asked a research to be conducted on leases and lease structure issues on the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) website, in particular the current practice and thought related to direct financing, sales type, and operating leases. This paper is a memo addressed to the supervisor that summarizes

A company may use capital leases to finance its acquisition of capital assets. In lease financing a company must met the criteria of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on capital leases. In this a company must record both a liability, and a related asset on its balance sheet. In reporting capital lease a company reports the lease at its present value of the minimum lease payments. The company allocates these lease payments using the effective interest method to interest expense. This allocation using the effective interest method reduces the lease liability of the company.

Conversely, insufficient capacity or inefficient computing resources can stunt growth. The company that waits until it can afford to purchase the right hardware and software may find itself unable to remain competitive. Moreover, although businesses would rather keep their credit lines open for unforeseen events, they must sometimes act quickly to adopt economically attractive new technology. Before we examine the attributes which make leasing attractive to so many companies we need to review two most common types of leasing arrangements.

Each year the number of leasing agreements continues to grow. There are several advantages of leasing property instead of owning. The company is protected against obsolescence and can receive 100% financing with less cost, fixed payments, and more flexibility (Schroeder, Clark, & Cathey, 2011). The new business opportunity for the client will require 20 more trucks than XYZ Trucking Inc. currently owns. The FASB issued SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases” to establish

There are many aspects to running a successful organization. The dream of running a business initially starts off as a vision in the mind of the founder. That vision materializes into the mission statement, and progresses on to becoming an organization worthy of being put into a business plan. After completion of the many administrative and legal steps required, one must make sure to hire good people. A successful business will start with positive human interaction. The people of the organization must have the skillset to progressively advocate,

Topic 842 will require the estimation of lease terms and subsequent lease payments by companies under a criteria that cautiously take into consideration, in addition to written lease arrangements, the “economic incentives for a company to exercise an option to extend a lease term or for an entity not to exercise an option to terminate a lease”. With respect to finance leases only, the lease payments will subsequently be discounted using the company’s incremental borrowing rate to reach the lease obligation. This lease obligation will then be disclosed as a liability with an offsetting disclosure of the right to use asset as an intangible asset on the balance sheet. The amount of the right-to-use asset will also include any direct cost related to the negotiation of the lease and payment by the company. With respect to capital leases, the lessee is required to separate the interest on the lease liability and the amortized right-to-use assets on the statement of comprehensive income. The payment of interest on the lease liability and lease payments are recorded in the operating activities of the statement of cash flows. The principal portion of the lease payment will be recorded within the financing activities section of the statement of cash flows.

1.In week one reading the reader will find out there is four primary financial statement balance sheet, income statement, statement of stockholder’s equity, and statement of cash flows.

Leases are classified into two main types; finance lease and operating lease. The impact of each type of lease on the company’s annual report is different. When accounting for finance leases, for example, the concerned lessee makes recognition of the asset that has been leased in the statement of financial position or balance sheet and consequently charges all other finance charges including the depreciation charges relating to the leased asset on to the statement of income or profit and loss

The objective of this report is to present the factual findings of the audit of operating leases to the CFO and CEO of the XYZ limited. The XYZ’s 2015 financial statements has shown the material amount of operating leases and therefore needs particular attention during the course of audit. The auditing of assets held under the leasing agreements involves the verification under the guidelines of IAS 17 Leases. The current accounting standard for leasing is applicable for Australian companies has been undergoing changes and the new accounting standard for leasing has been introduced to enhance the credibility of financial statements disclosures in the financial statements. The new standard contains significant new provisions for which the author need to consider the marital effects on the truth and fairness of reporting. The report will analyze the difference between the old and new standard, investigate the effect on financial statements ratios, and cash flows, profit & loss and balance sheet.

According to Steve Collings (2010), the accounting treatment of leases has presented a lot of problems over the years for the particular profession. Problems are observed in the way some leases are being treated in a business’ income statement and statement of financial position. Although, as we are going to expand more on that, the major problem of accounting for leases according to Collings (2010), is the manipulation of financial statements by incorrectly categorizing ‘finance leases’ as ‘operating leases’. The main purpose of the essay is to discuss why accounting for leases has been so controversial and whether the new standard (IFRS16) will give a more meaningful picture of companies’ financial position for lessees.