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Unlike ASC 840, ASC 842 specifies the possession date as the date to determine the discount rate for finance (previously capital) and operating leases, and the portion of the finance vs. operating lease classification test, which compares useful life of the leased asset to the lease term in total.

A commencement date is defined as the date that a contract or legal agreement becomes effective. In other words, a commencement date marks the point at which a contract officially begins and binds the parties involved.

Unlike ASC 840, ASC 842 specifies the possession date as the date to determine the discount rate for finance (previously capital) and operating leases, and the portion of the finance vs. operating lease classification test, which compares useful life of the leased asset to the lease term in total.

In the ASC 842 glossary, it defines the commencement date as: The date on which a lessor makes an underlying asset available for use by a lessee.

To determine the lease term, a company first determines the length of the non- cancellable period of a lease and the period for which the contract is enforceable. It can then determine ? between those two limits ? the length of the lease term.

The lease term is the non-cancellable period for which the lessee has agreed to lease the asset from the lessor, together with periods covered by options to extend the lease that the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise, and periods covered by options to terminate the lease that the lessee is reasonably certain not ...

The lease commencement date is the official starting point when the rights and responsibilities of both parties under the lease agreement come into effect. It's important to note that the lease commencement date may differ from the Lease Effective Date or the Lease Start Date, which we'll explain further below.