Lecture Financial reporting and analysis (6/e) - Chapter 12: Financial reporting for leases

Chapter 12 - Financial reporting for leases. After studying this chapter you will be able to understand: The structure of a lease, lessee’s incentives to keep leases off the balance sheet, the criteria used to classify leases on the lessee’s books, the financial statement effects of executory costs, residual values, purchase options and other aspects of lease contracts, the effects of capital lease versus operating lease treatment on the lessee’s financial statements,...