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What Are the Basics of the New Lease Standard? The basics of the new lease standard requires businesses to recognize both a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability for all leases exceeding 12 months on their balance sheets.

ASC 842 is a lease accounting standard by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), requiring all leases longer than 12 months to be reflected on a company's balance sheet. This enhances financial transparency by giving a clear picture of an entity's lease obligations.

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.

When the leased asset is disposed of, the fixed asset is credited and the accumulated depreciation account is debited for the remaining balances. Financial Accounting Standards Board. "FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842)," Page 87.

ASC 842, or Topic 842, is the new lease accounting standard issued by the FASB and governs how entities record the financial impact of their lease agreements. Among other changes, it requires all public and private entities reporting under US GAAP to record the vast majority of their leases to the balance sheet.

Initial recordation. Calculate the present value of all lease payments; this will be the recorded cost of the asset. Record the amount as a debit to the appropriate fixed asset account, and a credit to the capital lease liability account.

Under the new standard, lessees are required to account operating leases with terms longer than 12 months on the balance sheet, resulting in the recognition of a right-of-use asset and the corresponding liability.