Fasb Lease Accounting

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FASB Lease Accounting Project 1. Under the proposed FASB and IASB leave accounting rules, who will account for the lease contracts rights and obligations? a. Lessor b. Lessee c. IASB d. FASB 2. What is the reason behind the proposed lease accounting rules? a. A SEC paper on off balance sheet transactions identified leases as a top priority for accounting changes. b. Rating agencies have been assuming 100% capitalisation of lessee’s leases. c. Leasing companies have been lobbying for these rules to come into practise. d. To merge IASB and FASB accounting rules. 3. One of the reasons for the proposed lease accounting rules is the expectation that it will improve transparency. How do the IASB and FASB expect this to happen? e. Removed the requirement to estimate the term and lease payments. f. Lease contracts remain off balance sheet. g. Lease liability will be recorded on the lessee’s balance sheet. h. Rules require lessor to increase regularity of reporting. 4. What discount rate is used when calculating the PV of lease terms and payments? i. Incremental borrowing rate j. Current LIBOR k. Lessor determined lending rate. l. WACC 5. How often are estimates adjusted? m. Daily n. On or before dates laid out in lease terms o. At the end of the lease term p. Each earnings reporting period of the lessee company 6. How does the lessee impute the ‘first month interest expense’ journal entry on his financial statements? q. Lease item purchase cost x lessee’s incremental borrowing cost / 12 r. First month rent payment - capitalised lease obligation s. PV of lease item cost / term of lease. t. Lease item rent expense x lessee’s incremental borrowing cost x 12 7. How does the lessee impute the

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