July 18‚ 2011 3 Subject: Leases and Lease Structure Issues 4 To: Regional Trucking Company 5 From: Bob Stanton This memo will cover the current practice and thought related to direct financing‚ sales type‚ and operating leases. I understad that Regional Trucking Company have limited time to cover all aspects of these areas. Disclosure Requirements for Capital Leases SFAS No. 13 also requires the disclosure of additional information for capital leases. The following information must
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Unit Lease Research - FASB Steve J Accounting Theory and Research ACC/541 March 10‚ 2000 Professor Cecil L Regarding the potential new investing opportunities with your customer‚ our group has spent a significant portion of time exploring the nature of the leasing relationships available for this type of transaction. One initial observation we see is the significant increase in the current fleet available to the business. Because of the percentage increase in the
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Intermediate Accounting Paper The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private‚ not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to develop generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) within the United States in the public ’s interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) designated the FASB as the organization responsible for setting accounting standards for public companies in the U.S. It was created in 1973‚ replacing the Accounting Principles Board and the Committee
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Introduction Accounting for leases is regulated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in United States .Standards for accounting leases have been effective since 1977 (Accounting Standard Board‚ 2004). The primary standard for lease accounting is Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13 (FAS 13). According to FASB (1976)‚ a lease is an agreement conveying the right to use property‚ plant‚ and equipment (PPE) usually for a stated period of time. Examples of assets that can
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subject: lease structure recommendation date: February 4‚ 2013 Research into an appropriate lease structure for acquiring 20 additional truck trailers‚ indicate that the category for an equipment lease depends on the criteria met in paragraph seven and eight of the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) number 13. According to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ the options available to the client are to get an operating lease‚ or a capital lease‚ such as a direct financing
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A lease is a contractual agreement between two parties the lessor and the lessee. The lessor owns the property and agrees to let the lessee use the property for a period of time for periodic payments. Between the two parties there can be two different types of lease agreements. The first is called an operating lease. With an operating lease‚ the lessee merely uses the asset of the lessor for a period of time while paying a periodic fee (ex. Monthly rent). In an operating lease there is no transfer
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the concept of accounting for leases has been under scrutiny recently‚ depicted by the statement‚ “Accounting for leases under NZ IAS 17 is arbitrary and obscures economic reality”. The following issues will be further examined in the following discussion; whether the current standard faithfully reflects lease arrangements and whether it is or is not consistent with the New Zealand framework. Where the statement claims ‘NZ IAS is arbitrary’‚ the issue it raises is whether the standard faithfully reflects
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ADMINISTRATION ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING DAC 601 TOPIC: ACCOUNTING FOR LEASES PRESENTED BY: Mbogo Stella Mumbi……………...……...…………….D61/60246/2013 Albert Kalute Maingi……………...……...…………….D61/62221/2013 PRESENTED TO: DR. KAMASARA TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.0: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………….. 3 1.1: Leasing………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 1.2: Definition of Terms…………………………………………………………………….. 3 1.3 Lease Classification………………………………………………………………………5
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On September 28 2010‚ the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had declared they had completely conducted the first stage of The Conceptual Framework joint project. The purpose of this joint project is to further improve an advanced conceptual framework for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) (Norwalk 2010). Basically‚ the conceptual framework is an attempt to express
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stfx university | Accounting For Leases | Capital Vs. Operating Leases | | 200906027 | 11/16/2010 | This paper will outline the differences in accounting treatment of and criteria for determining whether leases should be accounted for as either a capital lease or an operating lease. I will be limiting my discussion to the accounting treatment of leases by the lessee. This paper will discuss the current accounting treatment for the two types of leases according to Canadian GAAP and
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