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A lease will be recorded on the balance sheet as a right-of-use (ROU) asset and lease liability. The lease liability is the payment obligation over the term of the lease contract, while the ROU asset represents the control of the asset under the lease contract.

Since the lease is classified as a finance lease, the company must first calculate the net present value of future minimum lease payments. Once the company has that figure, the debit would be to Right of Use asset, with the credit to lease liability.

The company can make the finance lease journal entry by debiting the lease asset account and crediting the lease liability account. In this journal entry, the amount of lease asset or lease liability recorded is the fair value of total lease payments.

Lease expense is recorded usually on a straight-line basis over the lease term by adding interest expense determined using the effective interest method to the amortization of the right-of-use asset. Amortization is recorded on the right-of-use asset (usually on a straight-line basis).

The lessor reports the lease as a leased asset on the balance sheet and individual lease payments as income on the income and cash flow statements. The lessee reports the lease as both an asset and a liability on the balance sheet due to their stake as a potential owner of the asset and their required payment.

Accounting: Lease is considered an asset (leased asset) and liability (lease payments). Payments are shown on the balance sheet. Tax: As the owner, the lessee claims depreciation expense and interest expense.

A finance lease, also referred to as a capital lease or sales lease, is a type of commercial lease in which a finance company is the legal owner of an asset, and the user rents the asset for an agreed-upon period of time.