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Payment in Advance Lease accounting

Former userFormer user6y ago
Hi Sir, I am a bit confused on the given example in your lecture on lease accounting treatment (Example 4, lessee accounting, page 83, Plum). The year 1 lease payment is paid in advance: $5000 on 1/1/2015. So the lease liability ($22730) is the present value of the future cash payments in 4 instalments: $5000 each on 1/1 from 2016 to 2019. I don't get it why the $5000 needs to be deducted from the lease liability to calculate the amortised finance cost for year 1. I assume that $5000 is the initial payment on 1/1/2015, right? Shouldn't that not part of the liability rationaled in the above paragraph? I concur in year 2, $5000 should be deducted from the liability brought forward from year 1.
stephenwidbergstephenwidbergTutor6y ago#1
The present value of the minimum lease payments is 22730 So the present value of the future lease payments will be 17 730 I think that will put you back on the right track
Former userFormer user6y ago#2
Oh, silly me, I mistook 5000*(1+3.546) as 5000*3.546. Thank you for pointing out.
stephenwidbergstephenwidbergTutor6y ago#3
My pleasure.
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