MEANING
A capital lease is a lease considered to have the
economic characteristics of asset ownership. A capital lease would be
considered a purchased asset for accounting purposes.
CONDITIONS
A lease must be classified as a capital lease if:
A lease must be classified as a capital lease if:
- The life of the lease is 75% or more of the asset’s
useful life.
- The lease contains a purchase agreement for less than
market value.
- The lessee gains ownership at the end of the lease
period.
- The present value of lease payments is greater than 90%
of the asset's market value.
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
Accounting for a capital
lease involves four steps.
- First, record the present value of all future lease payments as the cost of the lease.
- Then, record only the interest portion of each payment as an expense.
- Next, depreciate the recognized cost of the asset over the life of the payments.
- And finally, recognize the disposal of the asset at the end of its useful life.
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