Lease Accounting

CFO CHATS: Mastering Complexity to Solve Customer Problems

As a leasing salesperson, knowledge of your products and pricing are just the beginning. To truly become an asset to customers, you must help solve their problems. Bill Bosco presents a hypothetical sales call that demonstrates how knowledge wins customers. ... read more

Crunching the Numbers: Introducing CFO Chats

In the first edition of CFO Chats, a new column from Bill Bosco of Leasing 101, Bosco outlines how a synthetic or operating lease can be more advantageous for a lessee than a “dollar out” lease. ... read more

The Best Ways to Determine the Par Value of Fixed Rate Loans

As common as sales of fixed rate loans are, there isn’t a uniform way to determine their par value when sales occur on a non-scheduled payment date. Steve Williams offers up two effective methods — the two-loan method and the present value method — as a means to make these calculations. ... read more

2019 ELFA Lease & Financial Accounting Conference: Lessons and Observations on Lease Accounting

Though companies have been preparing for ASC 842 and IFRS 16, the new lease accounting standards, for three years, it’s only in 2019 that they’ve started to go into effect. It’s therefore no surprise they dominated the conversation at the ELFA Lease and Finance Accounting Conference, held this past September in Chicago.... read more

Crunching the Numbers: 2019 — A Year of Expected Changes for the Leasing Industry

2019 will see many changes to the leasing marketplace, including the initial implementation of the new lease accounting standards as established by ASC 842 and IFRS 16. This article will examine some observations found in the industry as lessees wrestle with implementing these new standards and explore how lease structures may evolve again. ... read more

Sales-Leasebacks: The Devil is in the Details

ASC 842 expands the failed sale-leaseback concept to include equipment. Under ASC 840, only real estate was subject to this accounting approach. Unless the current tax rules change, a similar issue arises when considering the tax effect of certain sale leasebacks. These factors mostly affect the lessee however lessors should be aware of them when structuring leases. Joe Sebik explains the accounting and tax ramifications and considers how the approaches may have to change to accommodate the new rules. ... read more

Software Concepts for Reporting Lease Accounting Standards Codification 842

This article discusses reporting concepts and solutions for systems specifically designed to meet the reporting requirements of both the lessor and lessee under ASC 842. While placing considerable focus on lessee reporting, new software has the opportunity to create simplified and powerful reporting and structuring capabilities for the lessor.... read more

Leasing as a Bank Product: Enhancing Profits and Customer Relationships

Banks have been jumping into the equipment finance business and now have the largest share of the market. But many banks have yet to take this vital step. With newcomers in mind, Bill Bosco covers the basics of incorporating a lease product business unit into a larger bank organization.... read more

Is the Service Contract the new Operating Lease?

With ASC 842 requiring all leases to be placed on balance sheet, will more lessees seek to structure equipment financing arrangements as service contracts, and is that really possible?... read more

Taking Advantage of Tax Reform: Lease vs. Own Analyses for Sales Reps

Following tax reform, Joe Sebik discusses the need for lease salespeople to become more skilled in generating lease-versus-own financial analyses. ... read more

The Effect of Tax Reform: The Good, the Bad and the Unclear

In the second installment of a series, Joe Sebik discusses the potential upsides and pitfalls of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.... read more

The Effect of Tax Reform: Major Changes for the Equipment Finance Industry

In the first article of a series, Joe Sebik discusses the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and summarizes the major changes in store for the equipment finance industry.... read more

Lease Accounting Rules Add to Bank Capital Woes: Topic 842 May Cause Credit Crunch in 2019

In his final Monitor article before retirement, Bill Bosco examines how banks will be affected by the Basel Committee’s decision on international capital rules. He predicts a negative effect on worldwide economic activity in 2019 as banks address their need to increase capital which, in turn, will likely diminish lending activities.... read more

Structuring Leases Under Topic 842: Two Vital Issues to Consider

Bill Bosco raises two Topic 842 issues to consider prior to implementation — the impact of financial measures and ratios and the new rules regarding sale-leaseback accounting. He discusses several challenging situations and offers potential solutions.... read more

Basel & EFRAG Decide on New Lease Rules: Two Bad Calls for the Industry

Bill Bosco discusses two recent EFRAG and Basel Committee decisions and outlines the reasons why he believes these regulatory moves are bad for the equipment finance industry.... read more

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