The basic difference between a direct-financing lease and a sales-type lease is the recognition of the profit on the sale. allocation of initial direct costs by the lessor to periods benefited by the lease arrangements. manner in which rental receipts are recorded as rental income. amount of the depreciation recorded each year by the lessor.

The basic difference between a direct-financing lease and a sales-type lease is the recognition of the profit on the sale. allocation of initial direct costs by the lessor to periods benefited by the lease arrangements. manner in which rental receipts are recorded as rental income. amount of the depreciation recorded each year by the lessor.

Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis

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Chapter20: Accounting For Leases

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Problem 8GI

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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?
Use the following information to decide whether this equipment lease qualifies as an operating, sales-type, or direct financing lease to a lessor. a. There is no transfer of ownership at the end of the lease term. There is no bargain purchase option. The lease term is 60% of the economic life of the leased property. The present value of lease payments, including a residual value guaranteed by the lessee, is 100% of the fair value of the leased property to the lessor. The collectability of the lease payments is reasonably assured. The leased asset was not of a specialized nature. b. Same as (a), except that the residual value is guaranteed by a third party, not the lessee. The present value of the residual value guarantee is 15% of the fair value of the leased property. c. Same as (a), except that: the present value of the lease payments, including a residual value guaranteed by the lessee, is only 50% of the fair value of the leased asset. The collectability of the minimum lease payments is not predictable.
Which of the following statements is true about initial direct costs? A. Initial direct costs of a sales-type lease should be expensed at the commencement of the lease only if no selling profit or loss has been incurred. B. Initial direct costs are ownership-type costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes. C. Initial direct costs of an operating lease should be recorded by the lessor as a prepaid asset. D. Initial direct costs should always be debited against income by the lessor in the period of the inception of the lease.
Initial direct costs incurred by the lessor under a sales-type lease should be a. Deferred and allocated over the economic life of the leased property. b. Expensed in the period incurred. c. Deferred and allocated over the term of the lease in proportion to the recognition of rental income. d. Added to the gross investment in the lease and amortized over the term of the lease as a yield adjustment.
Which of the following statements characterizes a sales-type lease? The lessor recognizes only interest revenue over the life of the asset.. The lessor recognizes a dealer profit at lease inception and interest revenue over the lease term. The lessor recognizes a dealer profit at lease inception and interest revenue over the useful life. The lessor recognizes only interest revenue over the lease term.
Which of the following statements characterizes a sales-type lease? A)The lessor recognizes only interest revenue over the life of the asset.. B)The lessor recognizes only interest revenue over the lease term. C)The lessor recognizes a dealer profit at lease inception and interest revenue over the lease term. D)The lessor recognizes a dealer profit at lease inception and interest revenue over the useful life.
Under a direct financing lease, the excess of aggregate rentals over the cost of the leased property shall be recognized as interest income of the lessor A)in increasing amounts during the lease term B)after the cost of the leased asset has been fully recovered through rentals C)in decreasing amounts during the lease term D)in constant amounts during the lease term
Initially, a lease liability is measured a. by the lessee at the present value of the lease payments that are not paid at the commencement date of the lease. b. by the lessor at the present value of the total lease payments payable at the commencement date of the lease. c. by the lessor at the total cost of the right-of-use asset. d. by the lessee at the total cost of the right-of-use asset.
For a(n) ________ lease, a lessor recognizes revenue on the sale and records the asset, ________ lease. It also removes the leased asset from its accounts and records the ________. Group of answer choices sales-type; net investment in lease–sales-type; cost of goods sold finance; gross investment in lease–sales-type; cost of goods sold operating; net investment in lease–sales-type; cost of goods sold sales-type; finance; revenue
Under a direct financing lease, the excess of aggregate rentals over the cost of the leased property shall be recognized as interest income of the lessor in increasing amounts during the lease term after the cost of the leased asset has been fully recovered through rentals in constant amounts during the lease term in decreasing amounts during the lease term
In an operating lease that is recorded by the lessee, the equal monthly rental payments shall be? recorded as a reduction in the liability for leased asset allocated between a reduction in the liability for leased asset and depreciation expense recorded as rental expense allocated between a reduction in the liability for leased asset and interest expense
The initial direct costs incurred in relation to a lease transaction is added to get the right of use asset for the lessor get the net investment for the lessor under a sales-type lease the cost of sales of lessee under a sales-type lease get the net investment for the lessor under a direct finance lease