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For instance, if a company estimated the present value of its obligation under a capital lease to be $100,000, it then records a $100,000 debit entry to the corresponding fixed asset account and a $100,000 credit entry to the capital lease liability account on its balance sheet.

The new lease standard increases the scope and complexity of the financial statement footnote disclosure with additional requirements for both quantitative and qualitative disclosures. While providing useful information, using a spreadsheet to create these disclosures becomes far more difficult than before.

Description: In a capital lease, the lessor transfers the ownership rights of the asset to the lessee at the end of the lease term. The lease agreement gives the lessee a bargain option by dint of which the lessee can buy the asset at a discounted price than the fair market value at the end of the lease term.

A lease termination results in a gain or loss charged to the income statement immediately. A modification does not result in an immediate charge to the income statement, unless the modification is a considered a partial termination (see LG 5.5. 1). In that case, there would be some impact to the income statement.

Disposal. When the asset is disposed of, the fixed asset account in which it was originally recorded is credited and the accumulated depreciation account is debited, so that the balances in these accounts related to the asset are eliminated.

Capital leases are classified under the "fixed assets" or "plant, property and equipment" heading in the assets section of a small or large company's balance sheet.

The journal entry for a capital lease is the fair value of all future lease payments, calculated as the present value of future lease payments in the lease contract. Journal entries include the initial recognition of the lease, along with finance lease interest, depreciation, and recording payments.