Accounting for Leases
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Leases
• The lease is a contractual agreement
between the lessor and the lessee.
• The lease gives the lessee the right to use
specific property.
• The lease specifies the duration of the
lease and rental payments.
• The obligations for taxes, insurance, and
maintenance may be assumed by the
lessor or the lessee.
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Advantages of Leases
• Leases may not require any money down.
• Lease payments are often fixed.
• Leases reduce the risk of obsolescence to the
lessee.
• Leases may contain less restrictive covenants
than other types of lending arrangements.
• Leases may be a less costly means of financing.
• Certain leases may not add to existing debt on
the balance sheet.
Off Balance Sheet
Financing
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Tax Advantages
• The lessee can write off the full cost of
the asset, including the part that relates to
land.
• The deduction may be accelerated since it
is often spread over the period of the
lease rather than the actual economic life
of the property.
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Defining Leases
• According to the FASB:
– a lease transferring substantially all of the
benefits and risks of ownership should be
capitalized.
– Transfer of ownership can be assumed
only if there is a high degree of
performance to the transfer, that is, the
lease is non-cancelable.
– Leases that do not substantially transfers
benefits and risks are operating leases.
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Accounting by Lessee
• Leases that meet any of the following four
criteria are capital leases for the lessee:
– Leases, transferring ownership
– Leases with bargain purchase options
– Leases with lease terms equal to 75% or
more of the economic life (75% rule)
– Leases where the present value of lease
payments is equal to 90% or more of the
fair market value (90% rule)
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Accounting by Lessee
Lease Agreement
Is there transfer
of ownership?
No
Capital
Lease
Yes
Yes
Is there a bargain
purchase option?
No
Yes
Is lease term equal
to or greater than
75% of economic
life ?
Yes
No
Operating
Lease
Is present value
of payments
equal to or more
than 90% FMV?
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Accounting by Lessee
• In a capital lease transaction, the lessee
records an asset and a liability.
– The asset is depreciated by the lessee over
the economic life of the asset.
– The effective interest method is used to
allocate the rental payments between
principal and interest.
– Depreciation of the asset and discharge of
the lease obligation are independent
accounting procedures.
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Illustration
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An introductory example
• To illustrate accounting for lease
transactions, we will use a simple case
involving three parties:
• 1.
Meknes Farms SA
» Needs a Combine Model SX
» Expected useful life of six years with no salvage value
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An introductory example
• 2.
Meknes First Bank
» Currently charging 12% interest on long-term
equipment loans
• 3.
Said Tractors, SA
» Manufactures the Model SX combine at a cost of dh
400,000.
» Selling price is dh 500,000
» It also has a few units for trial use which rent for dh
5000 per week
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Operating Lease
• If Meknes Farms rents a combine for one
week from Said Tractors, the journal
entries would follow the usual pattern for a
rental:
Meknes Farms
Equipment rent expense
Cash
5,000
5,000
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Operating Lease
• Said Tractors
– Cash
– Rental Revenue
5,000
5,000
• Since Said Tractors is the owner of the
combine, it would record depreciation:
– Depreciation expense
1,282
–
Acc’d depreciation
1,282
[400,000/6 years/52 weeks]
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Operating leases- Summary
• Assign rent expense or revenue to period
benefited
– Subject to accruals
• No liability on lessee’s balance sheet
• Lessor depreciates the asset
• Lessor is probably responsible for
insurance, property taxes and
maintenance
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Purchase with LT loan
• Assume Meknes Farms decides to
purchase the combine and borrows the
full purchase price of Dh 500,000 from
Meknes First Bank at 12% interest on the
unpaid balance of the loan.
• Meknes Farms agrees to make annual
payments of Dh 100,000 for five years.
• Again, the journal entries follow the
normal pattern.
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Securing the Loan
• Meknes Farms
Cash
500,000
Note Payable
500,000
• Meknes First Bank
• Loan receivable
500,000
Cash
500,000
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Purchasing the Equipment
• Said Tractors SA.
Cash
Sales
• COGS
Inventory
500,000
500,000
400,000
400,000
• Meknes Farms
Combine
Cash
500,000
500,000
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End of the Year
500,000/6 years
• Meknes Farm
Depreciation Expense
83,333
Acc'd Depreciation
83,333
• Interest Expense
60,000
Interest Payable
60,000
[500,000 * 12%]
• Meknes First Bank
Interest Receivable 60,000
Interest Revenue
60,000
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First Installment Payment
• Meknes First Bank
• Cash
160,000
Loan Receivable
100,000
Interest Receivable
60,000
• Meknes Farms
Interest Payable
Notes Payable
Cash
60,000
100,000
160,000
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Capital Lease
• For various reasons either (or both)
Meknes Farms and Meknes First Bank
might prefer a lease arrangement to an
outright purchase & long-term loan
– Assume that the bank agrees to purchase
the combine from Said Tractors for MAD
500,000 and lease it to Meknes Farms for
five years.
– Meknes Farms gets to keep the combine at
the end of the lease.
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Capital Lease
• The bank must determine how much to
charge to earn its desired rate of 12%
interest.
– Assuming the first annual payment comes
at the end of the first year (after harvest).
– PV = 500,000, n = 5, i = 12%
• Payment must be 138,710
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Direct Financing Lease
• The lessor calls this a “direct financing
lease” because it is essentially an
installment sale.
• The only money the lessor makes from
the lease is interest revenue.
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Bank buys combine:
• Meknes First Bank
• Asset to be leased 500,000
Cash
500,000
• Said Tractors SA.
Cash
500,000
Sales
500,000
COGS
400,000
Inventory
400,000
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Asset is transferred to lessee:
• Meknes Farms
Leased Asset
Lease Payable
500,000
500,000
• Meknes First Bank
Investment in lease
500,000
Asset to be leased
500,000
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End of the Year
• Meknes Farms
Depreciation Expense
Acc'd Depreciation
500,000/6 years
83,333
83,333
Acc. Dep to be applied against Leased Asset account
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First Lease Payment
• Meknes First Bank
• Cash
Investment in Lease
Interest Revenue
• Meknes Farms
Interest Expense
Lease Payable
Cash
138,710
78,710
60,000
60,000
78,710
138,710
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Is Said Tractor missing out on a
business opportunity?
– By offering a lease option, Troy Tractor
gains the following advantages:
• 1. a way of indirectly making
a sale,and
• 2. an alternative means of
obtaining a profit opportunity.
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Sales Type Lease
• Accordingly, Meknes Farms may be able to arrange a
similar or better lease arrangement with the manufacturer
of the Model SX combine.
– This is called a “sales-type lease” for the lessor because
Said Tractors will make a profit from “selling” the
combine and it will earn interest revenue over the lease
term.
– We will assume that the lease terms are the same for
purposes of illustration.
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Sales Type Lease
• NOTE: The first step in doing lease
accounting involves finding the present value
of the cash flows which will be transferred
between the lessee and lessor.
– This "present value of the minimum lease payments"
[PVMLP] will give you the SALES amount for the lessor
(assuming a sales-type lease) and the ASSET amount
for the lessee.
– COMPUTE PVMLP: [n = 5, i = 12%, pymt = 138,710]
– PV = MAD 500,000
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Sales Type Lease
• Meknes Farms
• Leased Asset (PV of MLP)
Lease Liability
500,000
500,000
• Depreciation Expense
Acc'd Depreciation
83,333
• Interest Expense
Lease Liability
Cash
60,000
78,710
138,710
83,333
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Sales Type Lease
• Said Tractors
• Lease Receivable
Sales
500,000
500,000
COGS
Inventory
400,000
400,000
Cash
Interest Revenue
Lease Receivable
138,710
60,000
78,710
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Accounting by Lessor
• Lessor classifies leases as one of the
following:
– Operating lease
– Direct financing lease
– Sales-type lease
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Classification of Lease for Lessor
• To be classified as an operating lease:
– The lease doesn’t meet any group 1 criteria
(same as lessee’s), OR
– Collectibility of payments isn’t reasonably
assured, OR
– Lessor’s performance isn’t substantially
complete.
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Classification of Lease for Lessor
• To be classified as a direct financing
lease the lease must meet group 1 criteria
(same as lessee’s), and the following,
group 2 criteria:
– Collectibility of payments must be
reasonably assured, and
– Lessor’s performance must be
substantially complete, and
– Asset’s fair value must be equal to lessor’s
book value
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Summary
Lease Agreement
Does lease meet
Group 1 criteria?
yes
No
Sales type
No
Is collectibility of
payments assured?
yes
No
Is lessor’s
performance
substantially
complete ?
No
yes
Operating
Lease
Direct
financing
Does asset FMV
equal lessor’s
book value?
yes
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Accounting Issues
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Residual values
Sales-type leases
Bargain purchase options
Initial direct costs
Disclosure
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Bargain purchase options (BPO)
• Many leases are equivalent to a purchase
financed with a long-term loan. We have
assumed, so far, that Meknes Farm got to
keep the tractor at the end of the lease
(TITLE TRANSFER).
• Another way a lease is equivalent to a
purchase is if the lessee can purchase the
asset for a bargain price at the end of the
lease. Consider the following lease terms:
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BPO - Lease
• Inception date: 1/1/02
• Lessor: Said Tractors Inc.
• Fair value of combine at
1/1/02: MAD 500,000
• Cost to manufacture
combine: 400,000
• Estimated fair value at end
of lease is 100,000
• Fixed non-cancelable
lease term: 5 years.
• First payment due on
12/31/02
• Lessee: Meknes Farms
• Incremental borrowing
rate (lessee): 12%
• Implicit interest rate
(known to lessee): 12%
• Option to buy at end of
lease term for 50,000
• Estimated useful life of
combine: 8 years
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Bargain Purchase Option
• What amount should Said Tractors
charge?
• Amount to be recovered (PV) = MAD
500,000
• n=5, i=12%, FV (BPO) = 50,000
• What is PV of 50,000?
• .5674 * 50,000 = 28,370
• Amount to be recovered with annual
payments = 500,000 – 28,370 =471,630
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Bargain Purchase Option
Therefore, PV-OA = 471,630
PMT * PVIF-OA = PV-OA
PMT * 3.6048 = $471,630
471630/3.6048 = 130,830
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Bargain Purchase Option
MEKNES FARMS
Combine (at PVMLP)
Lease Liability
Interest Expense
Lease Liability.
Cash
Depreciation Expense
Acc'd Depreciation
Useful life
= 8 years
500,000
500,000
60,000
70,830
130,830
62,500
62,500
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Bargain Purchase Option
SAID TRACTORS SA.
Lease Receivable
Sales
COGS
Inventory
Cash
Lease Receivable
Interest Revenue
500,000
500,000
400,000
400,000
130,830
70,830
60,000
Note: Last Payment includes BPO payment
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Leasing in Moroccan Accounting
• A lease is a rental contract, and thus is always off
balance sheet financing!
• Growing use
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Medical equipment
Royal Air Maroc
Ship operators
Individuals
• Limited use for real estate
• No interest charges presents an interest for
Islamic banking
– New IAS standards with implicit interest rates!
Dossier de l’Economiste
Number 2208
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Leasing in Moroccan Accounting
• www.chaabileasing.co.ma
• Salafin
• Credit du Maroc Leasing
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Leases in Moroccan Accounting
• Royal Air Maroc has filed for and obtained
an exemption from Moroccan regulations
to capitalise its aircraft leases
• Motivations?
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Lease Backs
• An agreement whereby a company sells
its asset to a lessor and rents it back
under the form of a lease
• Motivations:
– Cash infusion (at market value rather than
book value!)
• Risk: use the cash to a productive investment purpose!
– Off balance sheet balancing
• Down to the nature of the contract!
• Systematic with MA/FR accounting
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Lease Backs
• Can be used, legally, to “window dress”
accounts
• Example:
– Company in financial difficulty
– Fully amortized asset on the books (or not)
– Lease back
• Liquidity increases, solvency increases!
• COMANAV in 2003
• Not possible with IFRS
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