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 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.

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Chapter11: Notes, Bonds, And Leases

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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.
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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?
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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?
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
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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.
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The amount to be recorded as the cost of an asset under a finance lease is equal to the present value of the lease payments. carrying value of the asset on the lessor's books. present value of the lease payments plus the present value of any unguaranteed residual value. present value of the lease payments or the fair value of the asset, whichever is lower.
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