Leases Kimberly McFarland ACC 306 Intermediate Accounting II Instructor Robert Neely January 14‚ 2013 Leases Leases are used by companies and individuals to facilitate asset acquisition. They are accounted for in different ways‚ depending on whether they are operating leases or capital leases‚ and the type of financial report being generated. Residual value is important in accounting for leases and lease payment. Executory costs are accounted for as well‚ and are a consideration in
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client has a few options to consider when deciding on whether to purchase or lease an additional 20 trucks to satisfy the necessary 120 in order to take on their new customer’s project. While there are tax advantages that come along with purchasing new trucks and adding to their assets‚ they will also be adding to their debt. Also‚ the advantages involved with leasing the 20 extra trucks outweigh the disadvantages because leases are generally less costly than other forms of financing the costs to acquire
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Residential Lease Agreement This Lease Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and entered on September 19‚ 2013 (the "Effective Date") by and between Sarah Gallo (the "Landlord") and the following tenants: Faye Reim‚ Tommy Basile III- child Nicholas Basile-child (the "Tenant") Subject to the terms and conditions stated below the parties agree as follows: 1. Property. Landlord‚ in consideration of the lease payments provided in this Agreement‚ leases to Tenant a house
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classifying a lease as operating or capital? Why is there a difference between the two? What are the implications of an operating lease versus a capital lease on an entity’s financial statements? The criteria and characteristics of operating lease is that operating lease usually a shorter-term lease under which the lessor is responsible for insurance‚ taxes‚ and upkeep. May be cancelable by the lessee on short notice. The criteria and characteristics of capital lease is that capital lease is typically
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Outsourcing and make-or-buy decisions. What cost factors should influence the decision on whether to outsource the payroll functions? Horngren‚ Sundem and Stratton (2004)‚ say that "When managers consider the make-or-buy decision for services‚ it is often called outsourcing" [1‚ p255]. Outsourcing "( ) is often defined as the delegation of non-core operations or jobs from internal production within a business to an external entity (such as a subcontractor) that specialises in that operation" [2]
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electronic devices‚ increase in online sales‚ and a tremendous decrease in prices for electronics have led Best Buy to the experience of its first net loss in the past decade. But this is not the first time in Best Buy’s history that the company is going through a “near death experience.” The company has reinvented itself multiple times before and it is clear that the time has come for Best Buy to do it once again. Net Loss of $1.2 billion in 2012 serves as an indicator that the company needs to completely
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Loubelle Ara G. Cabalsa Sept. 4 2013 2MM Buy vs Build I agree with the author because according to the title of the article that says “Buy vs. Build”‚ he says that the judges ask him a question and he said “I don’t know-they just don’t”. I also agree to him that at each event he encounter the same question and he answers the same. Buy is to acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase. While build is to form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite
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Financial Accounting Changes to ’Lease’ accounting and its impact on the financial position and the performance of Qantas Table of Content 1. Introduction P.2 2. Glossary P.3 3. Discussion P.4 3.1 Description of the current lease contract P.4 3.1.1 Finance Leased and
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MAKE OR BUY? – THE CHOICES When firms face a “make-or-buy” decision‚ it means that they have to choose whether to insource a particular production process or service or to outsource it to a third party. The word “insourcing” stems from the union of the words “inside resource using” and indicates the “use of internal labor‚ personnel and resources to supply the operational needs of the enterprise” . A firm can decide either to insource –i.e. to produce in-house- a production process or a service
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accounting for leases is the application of this concept‚ as the classification of a lease as either a finance lease or an operating lease‚ depends on the substance of the transactions rather than the legal form of the contract. IAS 17 distinguishes between two types of lease transactions: A finance lease and an Operating lease A finance lease “is a lease that transfers substantially all the risks and rewards inherent to ownership of the asset”. An operating lease is a lease other than a finance
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