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Accounting for a finance lease has four steps: Record the present value of all lease payments as the cost of the lease. Record only the interest portion of each payment as an expense. Depreciate the recognised cost of the asset over its applicable life. Recognise the asset's disposal upon its retirement.

The lease liability is the present value of the future lease payments and is recorded alongside the right-of-use asset for operating and finance leases. Under ASC 842, the lease liability is not considered debt.

Lease Expense means, with respect to any Person, for any period for such Person and its subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, lease and rental expense accrued during such period under all leases and rental agreements, other than Capital Leases and leases of personal property, determined in conformity with GAAP.

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.

Let's walk through a lease accounting example. On January 1, 2022, Company XYZ signed an eight-year lease agreement for equipment. Annual payments of $28,500 are to be made at the beginning of each year. At the end of the lease, the equipment will revert to the lessor.

The lease liability will be included in net debt calculations but the ROU asset will be excluded.

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.

Total Interest Bearing Debt means all debt and financial instruments (including financial leases) which bear interests.

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.

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.