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Relevant accounting standards include [[IAS 17]], Section 20 of [[FRS 102]] which incorporates practice from the former [[SSAP 21]] for some domestic UK reporting, and IFRS 16.
Relevant accounting standards include Section 20 of [[FRS 102]], and IFRS 16.




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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Actuarial method]]
* [[Actuarial method]]
* [[Finance]]
* [[Finance charge]]
* [[Finance charge]]
* [[Hire purchase]]
* [[Hire purchase]]
* [[IFRS 16]]
* [[IFRS 16]]
* [[IAS 17]]
* [[FRS 102]]
* [[FRS 102]]
* [[Implied rate of interest]]
* [[Implied rate of interest]]
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===Other links===
==Other link==
[[Media:SepOct17TTlloyds40-41.pdf| Lease accounting change, The Treasurer 2017]]
[[Media:SepOct17TTlloyds40-41.pdf| Lease accounting change, The Treasurer 2017]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]

Latest revision as of 06:11, 11 March 2023

A finance lease usually involves the lessee (user of the asset) paying - over the life of the lease - the full cost of the asset plus a return on the finance effectively provided by the lessor.

The lessee-user effectively retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership. However, the lessee does not obtain legal title to the leased asset.

Accounting standards require finance leases to be accounted for 'on balance sheet' by the user of the asset.

This means that the liability to pay (the capital element of) the future lease instalments is recognised and disclosed on the face of the balance sheet.


Relevant accounting standards include Section 20 of FRS 102, and IFRS 16.


Finance leases are also known as capital leases, especially in the US.


See also


Other link

Lease accounting change, The Treasurer 2017