All Lease Accounting articles
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WebcastCPE Webcast: Sustainable lease accounting: Maintaining compliance through Day 2 and beyond
When FASB and IASB first announced the lease accounting standards ASC 842 and IFRS 16, respectively, companies scrambled to pull together their lease data and implement procedures and tools to generate the required disclosures.
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ArticleFASB advances targeted updates to leases standard
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has tentatively ruled to move forward with a pair of updates to its leases standard aimed at certain sales-type leases and discount rates for lessees.
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ResourceLease Accounting Solution Transition (LAST) Planner
Did you rush to meet lease accounting requirements (ASC 842, IFRS 16) in time for the compliance deadline? You’re not alone.
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ResourceWhite paper: ASC 842 Lease Accounting Standard Handbook
Even though your deadline for complying may have moved out, it is time to start getting your organization ready to meet the new ASC 842 compliance standard for private organizations.
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ArticleFASB proposes three amendments to leases standard
The Financial Accounting Standards Board proposed three amendments to its leases standard prompted by post-implementation feedback from stakeholders.
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Resourcee-Book: Agile Lease Accounting During Uncertain Times
This e-Book from Visual Lease and Compliance Week reveals how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted corporate leases.
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WebcastCPE Webcast: Survey insight into how COVID-19 impacted company leases
In this webinar panel discussion, we will share striking results from a recent COVID-19 lease impact survey and key insight into how companies’ real estate and equipment leases were impacted by shutdowns and stay-at-home orders.
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ArticleSurvey: How COVID-19 has impacted companies’ leases
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on companies’ leasing function, according to results from a recent survey from Compliance Week and Visual Lease. The study reveals how companies are tackling leasing issues in the “new normal.”
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ResourceWhite paper: The Dramatic Impact of the New Lease Accounting Standards
The new lease accounting standards – ASC 842, IFRS 16 and GASB 87 – impact companies of all sizes and industries.
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ResourceWhite paper: Lease Accounting Software Buyer’s Guide
Choosing the wrong solution for your lease accounting needs has huge implications for your business, including risking inaccurate lease financials. You’ll want to select a comprehensive solution to manage your leases, and our Buyer’s Guide can help you do just that.
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ArticleBenchmarking report: New lease accounting rules having seismic effect on balance sheets
In LeaseQuery’s first benchmarking analysis of lease liabilities, it found balance sheet liabilities increased nearly 16 times as operating leases came onto the balance sheet for the first time upon adoption of ASC 842.
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ArticleStudy: Adopting lease accounting could hurt stock prices
A new study from Florida International University professors says retailers such as Urban Outfitters, Foot Locker, and Abercrombie & Fitch—that have a significant use of operating leases—reported abnormal stock returns when they disclosed earnings.
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ArticleHot topics for 2019 year-end audits
As auditors get ready for year-end audits, internal controls and new accounting standards are on their radar.
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ArticleFRC review of IFRS 16 disclosures highlights weak spots
Companies applying the new standard on lease accounting need to provide more information on its effects, according to a new review by the U.K. Financial Reporting Council, which highlights where it expects companies to provide more comprehensive disclosure in their upcoming annual reports.
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ArticleLease rule implementation still a slog, poll says
Halfway through the first year reporting under new lease accounting rules, only one-fourth of public companies said their implementations were complete, according to a recent Deloitte poll.
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ArticleGE whistleblower report shines light on insurance liability
Recent whistleblower allegations against GE have put a spotlight on mounting liabilities that will hit corporate balance sheets when insurance accounting rules shift.
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ArticleFASB plans delay for new insurance standard
FASB is proposing another accounting delay, this time for a standard that will change the way companies recognize long-term insurance obligations.
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ArticleFASB formally proposes accounting change delays, including CECL
FASB is formally proposing major changes to effective dates for several significant accounting standards, including a CECL delay for smaller reporting companies.
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ArticleStill more work ahead on leases, says new survey
Midway through the first year of complying with new lease accounting rules, only a little more than half of public companies said they completed their transition.
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ArticleFASB allows optionality in certain lease receivables
FASB has issued new lease accounting guidance allowing options for how to reflect uncertain operating lease receivables, which is sure to produce reporting differences.