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- HOW TO AMORTIZE LEASED PROPERTY ASSETS
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- IF Ownership Transferred at End of Lease?
- (YES) Does Lease Contain Bargain Purchase Option?
- (YES) Is Lease Term 75% or More of Asset Life?
- (YES) Calculate Minimum Lease Payment (MLP).
- Discounted MLP 90% or More of Fair Value of Asset?
- (YES) Operating Lease.
- No Capitalization Lease Payments Charged to Current Income.
- (NO ) Capital Lease.
- Is Lessor's Implicit Interest Rate Known Rate Less Than
- Incremental Borrowing Rate?
- (YES) Discount Rate - Lessor's Implicit Interest Rate.
- (NO ) Discount Rate - Lessee's Incremental Borrowing Rate.
- When Lease Contains Bargain Purchase Option,
- MLP - MRP + Bargain Purchase Option Payment.
- MLP - MRP + Guarantee of Residual + Penalty for Nonrenewal.
- Present Value of MLP < Fair Value of Property?
- (YES) Present Value of MLP Recorded as Asset and Liability.
- Fair Value of Property Recorded as Asset and Liability.
- Lease Obligation Reduced Using Interest Method Upon Payment.
- Ownership Transferred at End of Lease Term?
- (YES) Lease Contain Bargain Purchase Option?
- (YES) Amortize Asset Over Term of the Lease.
- Amortize Asset Over Economic Life of Property.
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