Summarize the effects the Proposed Lease Standards would have on the following: presentation on the financial statements; how assets and liabilities would be computed; the effect to lease expense due to “front-loading;” interest charges; year-end reporting; financial disclosure notes; and income taxes.
Many companies use leases to acquire higher priced assets. Leasing is an important activity for many entities. Presently some leases are capitalized, and some are treated as operating leases. Opponents of this method criticize the accounting treatment because the present models do not meet the needs of users of financial statements; they do not always […]