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Common types of non-current liabilities reported in a company's financial statements include long-term debt (e.g., bonds payable, long-term notes payable), leases, pension liabilities, and deferred tax liabilities.

A straightforward example is a lease for office space in a high-rise building with multiple occupants. Since this is more like a rental than a sale, the lessor retains the building and related accounts, like a depreciation account, on its balance sheet.

From a lease accounting perspective, a capital lease is treated as if the lessee has purchased the asset using debt financing. The asset and the associated lease liability are recorded on the lessee's balance sheet. Each lease payment is allocated between the reduction of the lease liability and interest expense.

To calculate the ROU asset in IFRS 16, start with the initial amount of the lease liability, then: Add the total payments made at or before the lease commencement date. Subtract any lease incentives. Add initial direct costs. Add estimated costs for restoration or removal and disposal.

When a lease is capitalized, the lessee creates an asset account for the leased item, and the asset value on the balance sheet is the lesser of the fair market value or the present value of the lease payments.

A lease liability is the financial obligation for the payments required by a lease, discounted to present value. Under ASC 842, IFRS 16, and GASB 87, the finance lease liability is calculated as the present value of the lease payments remaining over the lease term.

Initial journal entries for both operating lease and finance leases will be the same: Credit Lease Liability?Present value of all future lease payment (discount rate used in calculation is your incremental borrowing rate ?IBR?).