Kế toán tài chính - Chương 21: Accounting for leases

C H A P T E R 21ACCOUNTING FOR LEASESIntermediate Accounting13th EditionKieso, Weygandt, and Warfield Explain the nature, economic substance, and advantages of lease transactions.Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Contrast the operating and capitalization methods of recording leases.Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.Identify special features of lease arrangements that cause unique accounting problems.Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.List the disclosure requirements for leases.Learning ObjectivesLeasing EnvironmentWho are players?Advantages of leasingConceptual nature of a leaseAccounting by LesseeAccounting by LessorSpecial Accounting ProblemsCapitalization criteriaAccounting differencesCapital lease methodOperating methodComparisonResidual valuesSales-type leasesBargain purchase optionInitial direct costsCurrent versus noncurrentDisclosureUnsolved problemsEconomics of leasingClassificationDirect-financing methodOperating methodAccounting for LeasesLargest group of leased equipment involves: Information technology, Transportation (trucks, aircraft, rail), Construction and Agriculture.LO 1 Explain the nature, economic substance, and advantages of lease transactions.A lease is a contractual agreement between a lessor and a lessee, that gives the lessee the right to use specific property, owned by the lessor, for a specified period of time.The Leasing EnvironmentThree general categories: Banks.Captive leasing companies.Independents.LO 1 Explain the nature, economic substance, and advantages of lease transactions.Who Are the Players?The Leasing Environment100% Financing at Fixed Rates. Protection Against Obsolescence.Flexibility.Less Costly Financing.Tax Advantages.Off-Balance-Sheet Financing.The Leasing EnvironmentLO 1 Explain the nature, economic substance, and advantages of lease transactions.Advantages of LeasingCapitalize a lease that transfers substantially all of the benefits and risks of property ownership, provided the lease is noncancelable.Leases that do not transfer substantially all the benefits and risks of ownership are operating leases.The Leasing EnvironmentLO 1 Explain the nature, economic substance, and advantages of lease transactions.Conceptual Nature of a LeaseOperating LeaseCapital LeaseJournal Entry: Rent expense xxx Cash xxxJournal Entry: Leased equipment xxx Lease liability xxxThe issue of how to report leases is the case of substance versus form. Although technically legal title may not pass, the benefits from the use of the property do.A lease that transfers substantially all of the benefits and risks of property ownership should be capitalized (only noncancellable leases may be capitalized).The Leasing EnvironmentLO 1 Explain the nature, economic substance, and advantages of lease transactions.If the lessee capitalizes a lease, the lessee records an asset and a liability generally equal to the present value of the rental payments.Records depreciation on the leased asset.Treats the lease payments as consisting of interest and principal.Accounting by the LesseeLO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Typical Journal Entries for Capitalized LeaseIllustration 21-2To record a lease as a capital lease, the lease must be noncancelable.One or more of four criteria must be met:Transfers ownership to the lessee.Contains a bargain purchase option.Lease term is equal to or greater than 75 percent of the estimated economic life of the leased property.The present value of the minimum lease payments (excluding executory costs) equals or exceeds 90 percent of the fair value of the leased property.Accounting by the LesseeLO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Lease AgreementLeases that DO NOT meet any of the four criteria are accounted for as Operating Leases.Accounting by the LesseeIllustration 21-4Capitalization CriteriaLO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Accounting by the LesseeTransfer of Ownership TestNot controversial and easily implemented.Bargain-Purchase Option TestAt the inception of the lease, the difference between the option price and the expected fair market value must be large enough to make exercise of the option reasonably assured.Capitalization CriteriaLO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Accounting by the LesseeEconomic Life Test (75% Test)Lease term is generally considered to be the fixed, noncancelable term of the lease. Bargain renewal option can extend this period. At the inception of the lease, the difference between the renewal rental and the expected fair rental must be great enough to make exercise of the option to renew reasonably assured.Recovery of Investment Test (90% Test)LO 2Accounting by the LesseeMinimum lease payments:Minimum rental paymentGuaranteed residual valuePenalty for failure to renewBargain purchase optionExecutory Costs:InsuranceMaintenanceTaxesExclude from PV of Minimum Lease Payment CalculationCapitalization CriteriaAccounting by the LesseeDiscount RateLessee computes the present value of the minimum lease payments using its incremental borrowing rate, with one exception.If the lessee knows the implicit interest rate computed by the lessor and it is less than the lessee’s incremental borrowing rate, then lessee must use the lessor’s rate.Recovery of Investment Test (90% Test)Capitalization CriteriaLO 2Asset and Liability Recorded at the lower of:present value of the minimum lease payments (excluding executory costs) orfair-market value of the leased asset.Asset and Liability Accounted for DifferentlyLO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Accounting by the LesseeLO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Accounting by the LesseeDepreciation PeriodIf lease transfers ownership, depreciate asset over the economic life of the asset.If lease does not transfer ownership, depreciate over the term of the lease.Asset and Liability Accounted for DifferentlyLO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Accounting by the LesseeEffective-Interest MethodThe effective-interest method is used to allocate each lease payment between principal and interest.Asset and Liability Accounted for DifferentlyDepreciation ConceptDepreciation and the discharge of the obligation are independent accounting processes.E21-1 (Capital Lease with Unguaranteed Residual Value): On January 1, 2011, Adams Corporation signed a 5-year noncancelable lease for a machine. The terms of the lease called for Adams to make annual payments of $9,968 at the beginning of each year, starting January 1, 2011. The machine has an estimated useful life of 6 years and a $5,000 unguaranteed residual value. Adams uses the straight-line method of depreciation for all of its plant assets. Adams’s incremental borrowing rate is 10%, and the Lessor’s implicit rate is unknown.LO 2Accounting by the LesseeInstructionsWhat type of lease is this? Explain. Compute the present value of the minimum lease payments.Prepare all necessary journal entries for Adams for this lease through January 1, 2012.E21-1: What type of lease is this? Explain.LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Accounting by the LesseeCapitalization Criteria:Transfer of ownershipBargain purchase optionLease term => 75% of economic life of leased propertyPresent value of minimum lease payments => 90% of FMV of propertyNONOLease term 5 yrs.Economic life 6 yrs. YES 83.3%FMV of leased property is unknown.Capital Lease, #3E21-1: Compute present value of the minimum lease payments.LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Accounting by the LesseePayment $ 9,968Present value factor (i=10%,n=5) 4.16986PV of minimum lease payments $41,565 Leased Machine Under Capital Leases 41,565 Lease Liability 41,565Lease Liability 9,968 Cash 9,9681/1/11 Journal Entries:E21-1: Lease Amortization ScheduleLO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Accounting by the LesseeE21-1: Journal entries for Adams through Jan. 1, 2012.LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Accounting by the LesseeDepreciation Expense 8,313 Accumulated Depreciation—Capital Leases 8,313 ($41,565 ÷ 5 = $8,313)Interest Expense 3,160 Interest Payable 3,160 ($41,565 – $9,968) X .10]12/31/11E21-1: Journal entries for Adams through Jan. 1, 2012.LO 2 Describe the accounting criteria and procedures for capitalizing leases by the lessee.Accounting by the LesseeLease Liability 6,808Interest Payable 3,160 Cash 9,9681/1/12LO 3 Contrast the operating and capitalization methods of recording leases.Accounting by the LesseeOperating MethodThe lessee assigns rent to the periods benefiting from the use of the asset and ignores, in the accounting, any commitments to make future payments.Illustration: Assume Adams accounts for it as an operating lease. Adams records this payment on January 1, 2011, as follows. Rent Expense 9,968 Cash 9,968E21-1: Comparison of Capital Lease with Operating LeaseLO 3 Contrast the operating and capitalization methods of recording leases.Accounting by the LesseeInterest Revenue.Tax Incentives.High Residual Value.Accounting by the LessorBenefits to the LessorLO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.A lessor determines the amount of the rental, based on the rate of return needed to justify leasing the asset.If a residual value is involved (whether guaranteed or not), the company would not have to recover as much from the lease paymentsEconomics of LeasingAccounting by the LessorLO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.E21-10 (Computation of Rental): Fieval Leasing Company signs an agreement on January 1, 2010, to lease equipment to Reid Company. The following information relates to this agreement.The term of the noncancelable lease is 6 years with no renewal option. The equipment has an estimated economic life of 6 years.The cost of the asset to the lessor is $343,000. The fair value of the asset at January 1, 2010, is $343,000.The asset will revert to the lessor at the end of the lease term at which time the asset is expected to have a residual value of $61,071, none of which is guaranteed.The agreement requires annual rental payments, beg. Jan. 1, 2010.Collectibility of the lease payments is reasonably predictable. There are no important uncertainties surrounding the amount of costs yet to be incurred by the lessor.Accounting by the LessorLO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.Accounting by the LessorLO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.E21-10 (Computation of Rental): Assuming the lessor desires a 10% rate of return on its investment, calculate the amount of the annual rental payment required. ÷x-Operating leases.Direct-financing leases.Sales-type leases.Classification of Leases by the LessorAccounting by the LessorLO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.Classification of Leases by the LessorAccounting by the LessorLO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.A sales-type lease involves a manufacturer’s or dealer’s profit, and a direct-financing lease does not.Illustration 21-10Classification of Leases by the LessorAccounting by the LessorLO 4 Identify the classifications of leases for the lessor.A lessor may classify a lease as an operating lease but the lessee may classify the same lease as a capital lease.Illustration 21-11In substance the financing of an asset purchase by the lessee.Direct-Financing Method (Lessor)Accounting by the LessorLO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.Accounting by the LessorE21-10: Prepare an amortization schedule that would be suitable for the lessor. LO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.Accounting by the LessorE21-10: Prepare all of the journal entries for the lessor for 2010 and 2011.LO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.1/1/10 Lease Receivable 343,000 Equipment 343,0001/1/10 Cash 64,400 Lease Receivable 64,40012/31/10 Interest Receivable 27,860 Interest Revenue 27,860Accounting by the LessorE21-10: Prepare all of the journal entries for the lessor for 2010 and 2011.LO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.1/1/11 Cash 64,400 Lease Receivable 36,540 Interest Receivable 27,86012/31/11 Interest Receivable 24,206 Interest Revenue 24,206Records each rental receipt as rental revenue. Depreciates the leased asset in the normal manner.Operating Method (Lessor)Accounting by the LessorLO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.Illustration: Assume Fieval accounts for the lease as an operating lease. It records the cash rental receipt as follows:Operating Method (Lessor)Accounting by the LessorLO 5 Describe the lessor’s accounting for direct-financing leases.Cash 64,400 Rental Revenue 64,400Depreciation is recorded as follows:Depreciation Expense 57,167 Accumulated Depreciation 57,167$343,000 / 6 years = 57,167Residual values.Sales-type leases (lessor).Bargain purchase options.Initial direct costs.Current versus noncurrent classification.Disclosure.Special Accounting ProblemsLO 6 Identify special features of lease arrangements that cause unique accounting problems.Meaning of Residual Value - Estimated fair value of the leased asset at the end of the lease term.Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee agrees to make up any deficiency below a stated amount that the lessor realizes in residual value at the end of the lease term.Residual ValuesSpecial Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Lessee Accounting for Residual ValueThe accounting consequence is that the minimum lease payments, include the guaranteed residual value but excludes the unguaranteed residual value.Residual ValuesSpecial Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting): Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. (a subsidiary of Caterpillar) and Sterling Construction Corp. sign a lease agreement dated January 1, 2011, that calls for Caterpillar to lease a front-end loader to Sterling beginning January 1, 2011. The terms and provisions of the lease agreement, and other pertinent data, are as follows.The term of the lease is five years. The lease agreement is noncancelable, requiring equal rental payments at the beginning of each year (annuity due basis).The loader has a fair value at the inception of the lease of $100,000, an estimated economic life of five years, and no residual value. Special Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):Sterling pays all of the executory costs directly to third parties except for the property taxes of $2,000 per year, which is included as part of its annual payments to Caterpillar. The lease contains no renewal options. The loader reverts to Caterpillar at the termination of the lease. Sterling’s incremental borrowing rate is 11 percent per year.Sterling depreciates on a straight-line basis.Caterpillar sets the annual rental to earn a rate of return on its investment of 10 percent per year; Sterling knows this fact.Caterpillar estimates a residual value of $5,000 a the end of the lease.Special Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):Caterpillar would compute the amount of the lease payments as follows:Special Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Illustration 21-16NOTE: For the Lessee, the minimum lease payment includes the guaranteed residual value but excludes the unguaranteed residual value.Solution on notes pageIllustration 21-17Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):Computation of Lessee’s capitalized amountSpecial Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Solution on notes pageIllustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):Computation of Lease Amortization ScheduleIllustration 21-18Special Accounting ProblemsLO 7Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):At the end of the lease term, before the lessee transfers the asset to Caterpillar, the lease asset and liability accounts have the following balances.Illustration 21-19Special Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Illustration (Guaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):Assume that Sterling depreciated the leased asset down to its residual value of $5,000 but that the fair market value of the residual value at December 31, 2015, was $3,000. Sterling would make the following journal entry.Special Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Loss on Capital Lease 2,000.00Interest Expense (or Interest Payable) 454.76Lease Liability 4,545.24Accumulated Depreciation—Capital Leases 95,000.00 Leased Equipment under Capital Leases 100,000.00 Cash 2,000.00Illustration (Unguaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):Assume the same facts as those above except that the $5,000 residual value is unguaranteed instead of guaranteed. Caterpillar would compute the amount of the lease payments as follows:Special Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Illustration 21-20Solution on notes pageIllustration (Unguaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):Computation of Lease Amortization ScheduleIllustration 21-21Special Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Illustration (Unguaranteed Residual Value – Lessee Accounting):At the end of the lease term, before Sterling transfers the asset to Caterpillar, the lease asset and liability accounts have the following balances.Illustration 21-22Special Accounting ProblemsLO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Special Accounting ProblemsIllustration 21-23Comparative Entries, Lessee CompanySpecial Accounting ProblemsIllustration: Assume a direct-financing lease with a residual value (either guaranteed or unguaranteed) of $5,000. Caterpillar determines the payments as follows.LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Lessor Accounting for Residual ValueThe lessor works on the assumption that it will realize the residual value at the end of the lease term whether guaranteed or unguaranteed.Illustration 21-24Special Accounting ProblemsLessor Accounting for Residual ValueIllustration: Lease Amortization Schedule, for Lessor—Guaranteed or Unguaranteed Residual ValueIllustration 21-25LO 7 Describe the effect of residual values, guaranteed and unguaranteed, on lease accounting.Special Accounting ProblemsLessor Accounting for Residual ValueIllustration: Caterpillar would make the following entries for this direct-financing lease in the first year.Illustration 21-26Solution on notes pagePrimary difference between a direct-financing lease and a sales-type lease is the manufacturer’s or dealer’s gross profit (or loss).Lessor records the sale price of the asset, the cost of goods sold and related inventory reduction, and the lease receivable.Difference in accounting for guaranteed and unguaranteed residual values.Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)Special Accounting ProblemsLO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)Special Accounting ProblemsLO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.Illustration: To illustrate a sales-type lease with a guaranteed residual value and with an unguaranteed residual value, assume the same facts as in the preceding direct-financing lease situation. The estimated residual value is $5,000 (the present value of which is $3,104.60), and the leased equipment has an $85,000 cost to the dealer, Caterpillar. Assume that the fair market value of the residual value is $3,000 at the end of the lease term.Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)Special Accounting ProblemsLO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.Illustration: Computation of Lease Amounts by Caterpillar Financial—Sales-Type LeaseIllustration 21-28Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)Special Accounting ProblemsLO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.Illustration: Caterpillar makes the following entries to record this transaction on January 1, 2011, and the receipt of the residual value at the end of the lease term.Illustration 21-29Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)Special Accounting ProblemsLO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.Illustration: Caterpillar makes the following entries to record this transaction on January 1, 2011, and the receipt of the residual value at the end of the lease term.Illustration 21-29Sales-Type Leases (Lessor)Special Accounting ProblemsLO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.Illustration: Caterpillar makes the following entries to record this transaction on January 1, 2011, and the receipt of the residual value at the end of the lease term.Illustration 21-29Present value of the minimum lease payments must include the present value of the option.Only difference between the accounting treatment for a bargain purchase option and a guaranteed residual value of identical amounts is in the computation of the annual depreciation.Bargain Purchase Option (Lessee)Special Accounting ProblemsLO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.The accounting for initial direct costs: For operating leases, the lessor should defer initial direct costs.For sales-type leases, the lessor expenses the initial direct costs.For a direct-financing lease, the lessor adds initial direct costs to the net investment.Initial Direct Costs (Lessor)Special Accounting ProblemsLO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.FASB Statement No. 13 does not indicate how to measure the current and noncurrent amounts. It requires that for the lessee the “obligations shall be separately identified on the balance sheet as obligations under capital leases and shall be subject to the same considerations as other obligations in classifying them with current and noncurrent liabilities in classified balance sheets.”Current versus NoncurrentSpecial Accounting ProblemsLO 8 Describe the lessor’s accounting for sales-type leases.General description of the nature of the lease. Nature, timing and amount of cash inflows and outflows associated with leases, including payments for each of the five succeeding years. Amount of lease revenues and expenses reported in the income statement each period. Description and amounts of leased assets by major balance sheet classification and related liabilities.Amounts receivable and unearned revenues under lease.Disclosing Lease DataSpecial Accounting ProblemsLO 9 List the disclosure requirements for leases.Leasing was on the FASB’s initial agenda in 1973 and SFAS No. 13 was issued in 1976 (before the conceptual framework was developed). SFAS No. 13 has been the subject of more than 30 interpretations since its issuance.The iGAAP leasing standard is IAS 17, first issued in 1982. This standard is the subject of only three interpretations. One reason for this small number of interpretations is that iGAAP does not specifically address a number of leasing transactions that are covered by U.S. GAAP. Examples include lease agreements for natural resources, sale-leasebacks, real estate leases, and leveraged leases.Both U.S. GAAP and iGAAP share the same objective of recording leases by lessees and lessors according to their economic substance—that is, according to the definitions of assets and liabilities.U.S. GAAP for leases in much more “rule-based” with specific bright-line criteria to determine if a lease arrangement transfers the risks and rewards of ownership; iGAAP is more general in its provisions.LO 10LO 10 Understand and apply lease accounting concepts to various lease arrangements.Solution on notes pageIllustration 21A-2Solution on notes pageIllustration 21A-3LO 10 Understand and apply lease accounting concepts to various lease arrangements.LO 10 Understand and apply lease accounting concepts to various lease arrangements.Illustration 21A-4LO 10 Understand and apply lease accounting concepts to various lease arrangements.LO 10 Understand and apply lease accounting concepts to various lease arrangements.Illustration 21A-5LO 10 Understand and apply lease accounting concepts to various lease arrangements.LO 11 Describe the lessee’s accounting for sale-leaseback transactions.The term sale-leaseback describes a transaction in which the owner of the property (seller-lessee) sells the property to another and simultaneously leases it back from the new owner.Advantages:May allow seller to refinance at lower rates.May provide another source of working capital, particularly when liquidity is tight.By selling the property, the seller-lessee may deduct the entire lease payment, which is not subject to alternative minimum tax considerations.LO 11 Describe the lessee’s accounting for sale-leaseback transactions.Determining Asset UseTo the extent the seller-lessee continues to use the asset after the sale, the sale-leaseback is really a form of financing. Lessor should not recognize a gain or loss on the transaction. If the seller-lessee gives up the right to the use of the asset, the transaction is in substance a sale. Gain or loss recognition is appropriate.LO 11 Describe the lessee’s accounting for sale-leaseback transactions.LesseeIf the lease meets one of the four criteria for treatment as a capital lease, the seller-lessee should Account for the transaction as a sale and the lease as a capital lease. Defer any profit or loss it experiences from the sale of the assets that are leased back under a capital lease.Amortize profit over the lease term .LO 11 Describe the lessee’s accounting for sale-leaseback transactions.LesseeIf none of the capital lease criteria are satisfied, the seller-lessee accounts for the transaction as a sale and the lease as an operating lease. Lessee defers such profit or loss and amortizes it in proportion to the rental payments over the period when it expects to use the assets.Exceptions:Losses Recognized and Minor LeasebackLO 11 Describe the lessee’s accounting for sale-leaseback transactions.LessorIf the lease meets one of the criteria in Group I and both of the criteria in Group II, the purchaser-lessor records the transaction as a purchase and a direct-financing lease. If the lease does not meet the criteria, the purchaser-lessor records the transaction as a purchase and an operating lease.LO 11 Describe the lessee’s accounting for sale-leaseback transactions.Sale-Leaseback ExampleAmerican Airlines on January 1, 2011, sells a used Boeing 757 having a carrying amount on its books of $75,500,000 to CitiCapital for $80,000,000. American immediately leases the aircraft back under the following conditions:The term of the lease is 15 years, noncancelable, and requires equal rental payments of $10,487,443 at the beginning of each year.The aircraft has a fair value of $80,000,000 on January 1, 2011, and an estimated economic life of 15 years.American pays all executory costs.American depreciates similar aircraft that it owns on a straight-line basis over 15 years.The annual payments assure the lessor a 12 percent return. American’s incremental borrowing rate is 12 percent.LO 11 Describe the lessee’s accounting for sale-leaseback transactions.Sale-Leaseback ExampleThis lease is a capital lease to American because lease term exceeds 75 percent of the estimated life of the aircraft and present value of the lease payments exceeds 90 percent of the fair value of the aircraft to CitiCapital. Assuming that collectibility of the lease payments is reasonably predictable and that no important uncertainties exist in relation to unreimbursable costs yet to be incurred by CitiCapital, it should classify this lease as a direct-financing lease.LO 11 Describe the lessee’s accounting for sale-leaseback transactions.Sale-Leaseback ExampleLO 11 Describe the lessee’s accounting for sale-leaseback transactions.Sale-Leaseback ExampleCopyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of this work beyond that permitted in Section 117 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act without the express written permission of the copyright owner is unlawful. Request for further information should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The purchaser may make back-up copies for his/her own use only and not for distribution or resale. 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