Daniel Hardware Co. is considering alternative financing arrangements for equipment used in its warehouses. Besides purchasing the equipment outright, Daniel is also considering a lease. Accounting for the outright purchase is fairly straightforward, but because Daniel has not used equipment leases in the past, the accounting staff is less informed about the specific accounting rules for leases. The staff is aware of some general lease rules related to “risks and rewards,” but they are unsure about the meanings of these terms in lease accounting. Daniel has asked you to conduct some research on these items related to lease capitalization criteria.
Instructions
Access the IFRS authoritative literature at the IASB website (eifrs.iasb.org/). When you have accessed the documents, you can use the search tool in your Internet browser to respond to the following questions (Provide paragraph citations.)
(a) What is the objective of lease classification criteria?
(b) An important element of evaluating leases is determining whether substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred in the lease. How is “substantially all” defined in the authoritative literature?
(c) Besides the non-cancelable term of the lease, name at least three other considerations in determining the “lease term.”