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This course provides an in-depth overview of the new lease accounting standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in February 2016. This includes a discussion of the primary reasons for the change as well as how to identify a lease within a contract.
This course also provides an in-depth review of lease classification, initial measurement, subsequent measurement, presentation & disclosure, as well as transition requirements. The course concludes with a discussion of some of the significant differences between IFRS 16 (the IASB’s new lease accounting standard) as well as private company considerations.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize how the new leasing standard has evolved and how the new standard is organized.
- Discover and determine whether an arrangement contains a lease.
- Identify considerations with respect to substitution rights and decision-making rights.
- Identify the criteria for the new finance lease and short-term leases.
- Recognize the new recognition and measurement requirements for both lessees and lessors.
- Identify the recognition criteria for sales-type, direct financing, and operating leases.
- Identify the overall requirements with respect to lease modifications.
- Identify the criteria used for sale and leaseback transactions.
- Identify the considerations with respect to a lessee’s involvement in construction of a leased asset.
- Identify the presentation requirements for both lessees and lessors.
- Recognize both qualitative and quantitative disclosure requirements for both lessees and lessors.
- Identify the effective date for the new lease accounting standards.
- Identify the significant differences between ASC 842 and IFRS 16.
- Recognize considerations of and alternatives provided to private companies.
Last updated/reviewed: November 1, 2020
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Anonymous
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Great to see an updated ASC 842 presentation - thanks Kelen. The examples are easy to work through and understand.
Anonymous
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Very comprehensive section on this complex topic. Thank you for the lesson!
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Intermediate
No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.
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Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
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