Many companies are not complying with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) new standard (ASU 2016-02) for reporting operating lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet. This ...

Accounting standard setters classify leases as operating or capital to differentiate true lease agreements from purchases disguised as leases. If the lease has any of the following characteristics, it ...

A synthetic lease is a financing technique structured to be an operating lease for the lessee’s financial accounting purposes and a financing for U.S. federal tax purposes. Synthetic leases are most ...

According to reports from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. companies currently have an estimated $2.8 trillion in operating lease obligations that are ...

New accounting rules are changing the way businesses go about disclosing lease activity in their financial statements. Under ASC 842, which takes effect for publicly traded companies in 2019 and for ...

Most years when we tackle this special issue on leasing, we lead with an article on “operating” leasing. We do this because many of our readers are operating lessors or operating lessees or work for ...

With competition among aircraft lessors remaining fierce, airlines continue to take an increasing proportion of aircraft on operating lease. An important recent trend in the aircraft financing market, ...

Walgreens, CVS and AT&T top the list of U.S. companies with the most operating lease liabilities that will need to be added to their balance sheets under the new leasing standard, according to a new ...

Small business owners do not often consider the tax implications of purchasing or leasing equipment. Owners commonly recognize equipment purchase needs from an operational viewpoint, and cash is never ...

Recently I fielded a call from the president of a regional railroad who is an old friend. He had some boxcars on his railroad that he was leasing from one of the major operating lessors. The cars were ...

Individual Income Tax Form and Calendar 2020 For who have income According to United States law.This is the season that has to pay taxes,deadline of tax payment.Planning Budget Concept. Many companies ...