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Lessors and Direct Financing Capital Leases

When a financing firm enters into a direct financing capital lease, the lessor reduces PPE shown on its balance sheet and creates an investment in lease asset; the total value of assets on the lessor’s balance sheet is unchanged.

NOTE: Local accounting regulations may vary in treatment of these cash flows for a direct financing capital lease.

  • Over the life of the direct financing capital lease, the lessor receives a payment from the lessee.  A portion of the payment is classified as interest income on the income statement and the remaining portion of the payment is used to reduce the investment in lease asset on the balance sheet.
  • Unlike the cash flows described in the sales-type lease above, the statement of cash flows are not impacted at the time the lease is entered for a direct financing lease.
  • When the regular payments are made by the lessee towards the direct finance lease, the lessor reports the interest income as an operating cash flow and the investment in lease asset pay down as an investing cash inflow.
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Financial Reporting Part 1

26 lessons

Lessons

1
CFA Level 2: Financial Reporting Part 1 - Introduction
2
Financial Reporting: Important Definitions
3
FIFO and LIFO Methods for Inventory Expensing
4
Inventory Accounting and Financial Statements
5
Inflation/Deflation and Inventory Accounting Analysis
6
LIFO – Tax and Cash Flow Note
7
LIFO Reserve and Converting LIFO Net Income to FIFO Net Income
8
LIFO Liquidation
9
Inventory at Net Realizable Value
10
Impacts of LIFO and FIFO Inventory Methods on Selected Financial Ratios
11
Accounting of Long-lived Assets - Expensing vs. Capitalizing
12
Depreciation Methods for Property, Plant, and Equipment (PPE)
13
Impact of Depreciation Method
14
Depreciation - Important Points
15
Impairment of Long-lived Assets
16
Impact of Asset Impairment
17
Revaluation of Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE)
18
Leasing versus Purchasing Assets
19
Traditional Lessee Accounting in US GAAP
20
Effects of Leases on Selected Financial Reporting Items for Lessees
21
Lessor Accounting for Leases
22
Lessors and Sales-Type Capital Leases
23
Lessors and Direct Financing Capital Leases
24
Effect of Leases on Financial Statements for Lessors
25
Future of Lease Accounting
26
CFA Level 2: Financial Reporting 1 - Recommendations
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