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IFRS 16 Leases contains detailed guidance on how to account for lease modifications. A lease modification is defined as a change in the scope of a lease, or the consideration for a lease, that was not part of the original terms and conditions of the lease.

How to apply lease modification under ASC 840. Under ASC 840, a change in a lease other than to extend the lease terms requires that a test be performed to determine if a new lease has been created and, if so, a second test determines the accounting for that new lease.

A modification of lease, also called a lease amendment or lease modification, is an agreement that formally changes the original terms and conditions of a lease. It allows the parties to agree to changes without having to sign an entirely new lease.

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The agreement to extend the lease is a modification because it was not contemplated in the original terms of the lease. Since the modification does not add the right to use one or more underlying assets, it does not meet the criteria in IFRS 16.44(a) to be accounted for as a separate lease.

A lease modification is a change to the terms and conditions of a contract that results in a change in the scope of or the consideration for a lease (for example, a change to the terms and conditions of the contract that adds or terminates the right to use one or more underlying assets or extends or shortens the ...

Lease modifications can change a lease so drastically in scope or consideration that the modification creates a new lease. Under ASC 842, two criteria must be met to result in a separate contract: Modification grants additional rights of use (i.e. additional floors or square footage in the building)