Chapter 12 Financail and Reporting Analysis Flashcards
Lessees like the operating lease method under ASC 840 (required accounting prior to 2019) because
their liabilities remain the same at lease signing.
For an operating lease accounted for under ASC 840 (the required accounting before 2019), the lessee
will not record an asset or a liability at inception of the lease.
To adjust the balance sheet for the effects of ASC 842, an analyst would
increase assets, current liabilities, and long-term liabilities.
When the lessee uses the operating lease method
the total asset turnover ratio is higher.
For a capital lease, the lessee
will record a liability for the future lease payments when the lease is signed.
To adjust the balance sheet for the effects of ASC 842, an analyst would
increase assets, current liabilities, and long-term liabilities.
Arnold, Inc. leases a stamping machine to Devitt Company for 8 years. Arnold’s cost of the machine is $80,000, and a fair value is also $80,000. the economic life is ten years. The present value of minimum lease payments is $75,000. Devitt is credit worthy. Arnold would classify the lease as
A direct financing lease. (At least one of the four lease criteria are met and Devitt is credit worthy. Therefore it would not be an operating lease.)
Under ASC 842, when accounting for a finance lease, the lessee
establishes a Right-of-use asset-finance lease.
At the inception of a lease, a lessor using the direct financing method would
remove the leased asset from its balance sheet.
For a capital lease, the lessee depreciates the asset over
the lease term when only the third and fourth capital lease criteria are met.
In a capital lease where annual lease payments are made on the last day of an accounting year, the lessee records a current obligation equal to the
principal reduction to take place within the next accounting year.
A guaranteed residual
increase the present value of minimum lease payments.
One step in estimating the interest rate is to
subtract the current potion of the capital lease liability from the next year’s capital lease payment.
Executory costs
Have no effect on the present value of minimum lease payments.
At the end of an accounting year, the lessee classifies a portion of the lease obligations as current
whenever payments are due in the subsequent year.
When payments are made at the beginning of a lease period in a capital lease, the lessee
reduces the lease obligation for the full amount of the first payment.
In a sale and leaseback and the proceeds of the sale exceed the lessee’s book value of the asset, the lessee
defers the gain.
When a capital lease includes a guaranteed residual value and there is no bargain purchase or transfer of ownership, the lessee will depreciate the capitalized lease asset to
the amount of the guaranteed residual.
To estimate the number of rental payments contained in the total amount of operating lease payments due after 5 years, an analyst would
divide the total by the lease payment in year 5.
The lessee’s Obligation under capital lease-current at the end of its accounting year includes
interest incurred but not paid during the current accounting year.
When a capital lease has a guaranteed residual, the lessee will recognize
a loss if the fair value of the end of the lease is less than the guaranteed amount.
One step in estimating the interest rate is to
subtract the current portion of the capital lease liability from the next year’s capital lease payment.
The residual value for a leased asset
is the expected fair value of the end of the lease.
At the inception of a capital lease, the lessee records an asset equal to
the present value of minimum lease payments, not the undocumented amount.