A lease agreement will qualify as a finance lease if one of these conditions occur: A. The lessee returns the leased property to the lessor at the end of the lease term. B. The lease does not have a bargain purchase option. C. The lease term is for major of the economic life of the asset. D. The present value of the minimum lease payment amounts to substantially less than the fair value of the leased asset.

A lease agreement will qualify as a finance lease if one of these conditions occur: A. The lessee returns the leased property to the lessor at the end of the lease term. B. The lease does not have a bargain purchase option. C. The lease term is for major of the economic life of the asset. D. The present value of the minimum lease payment amounts to substantially less than the fair value of the leased asset.

Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis

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Author:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach

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Chapter20: Accounting For Leases

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Problem 8MC: At its inception, the lease term of Lease G is 65% of the estimated remaining economic life of the...

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At its inception, the lease term of Lease G is 65% of the estimated remaining economic life of the leased property. This lease contains a purchase option that is reasonably expected to be exercised. The lessee should record Lease G as: a. neither an asset nor a liability b. an asset but not a liability c. an expense d. an asset and a liability
What is the basic difference between the accounting procedures used by a lessor for a sales-type lease and those used for a direct-financing lease?
Occasionally, a lease agreement includes a guarantee by the lessee that the lessor will recover a specified residual value when custody of the asset reverts back to the lessor at the end of the lease term. Under what circumstance can the guaranteed residual value influence the amounts recorded by the lessee and lessor? In that circumstance, how are the amounts affected?
The situation which would normally lead to a lease being classified as afinance lease include all of the following, except A. The lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset to the lessee at the end of the lease term. B. The lessee has the option to purchase the asset at a price which is expected to be sufficiently higher than the fair value at the date the option becomes exercisable. C. The lease term is for the major part of the economic life of the underlying asset even if title is not transferred. D. The present value of the lease payments amounts to substantially all of the fair value of the underlying asset at the inception of the lease.
Which one of the following would normally lead to a lease being classified as an operating lease? a. The lease term is for a period of more than half of the expected economic life of the underlying asset. b. At the inception date of the lease agreement, the present value of the total lease payments is for an amount substantially less than the fair value of the underlying asset. c. The lease is cancellable, and all losses associated with the cancellation will be incurred by the lessee. d. It is reasonably certain at the inception date that the lessee will exercise an option to purchase the underlying asset at the end of the lease term for a price substantially lower than its expected fair value.
Which of the following is a criterion for classifying a lease for a lessee as a finance lease? The lease term is for a major part of the asset’s economic life. The lease transfers ownership of the asset to the lessee at the end of the lease term. The present value of the lease payments equals or exceeds substantially the asset’s fair value. All of the above.
Which of the following is NOT a correct statement of one of the lease classification test for the lessee? If the lease transfers ownership of the property to the lessee, it will be classified as a finance lease If the lease contains a bargain purchase option, it will be classified as a finance lease If the lease term is equal to or more than 75% of the estimated economic life of the leased property, it will be classified as a finance leas If at the end of the lease termthe leased property has an alternative use to the lessor, this lease is classified as a finance lease
On the lessor’s accounting, which of the following situations would prima facie lead to a lease contract being classified as an operating lease? Lease term is for a major part of the asset’s useful life Existence of a bargain purchase option Present value of minimum lease payments is 50% of the fair value of the leased asset Transfer of ownership by end of lease term
Which of the following lease provisions would cause a lease to be classified as an operating lease? Select one: A. The collectability of lease payments by the lessor is unpredictable B. The lease contains a bargain purchase option C. The term of the lease is more than 75 percent of the estimated economic life of the leased property D. The present value of the minimum lease payments equals or exceeds 90 percent of the fair value of the leased property
For which of the following conditions will the lessor classify a lease as a sales-type lease? A. The present value of the sum of the lease payments is equal to or more than the fair value of the underlying asset. B. The lease term is half of the underlying asset's economic life. C.The lease term is less than one year. D. The leased asset may be exchanged for a similar asset during the lease term.
For which of the following conditions will the lessor classify a lease as a sales-type lease? a.The leased asset may be exchanged for a similar asset during the lease term. b.The present value of the sum of the lease payments is equal to or more than the fair value of the underlying asset. c.The lease term is less than one year. d.The lease term is half of the underlying asset’s economic life.
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the accounting for leases? The lessee depreciates the leased asset under a “short-term” or a “low-valued asset” lease The lessor depreciates the leased asset under a finance lease An entity can never be both a lessor and a lessee of a same leased asset When discounting lease payments both the lessor and the lessee use the interest rate implicit in the lease, unless the lessee cannot determine this rate