The FASB ASC 842 Lease Accounting Standard changes in lease accounting has been finalized for public companies and will be effective to private companies at the end of 2021. This will many business entities throughout the United States. The accounting change will make lease management and accounting more complex. The new accounting model will require… Read More »
Recent surveys from EY, PWC and Deloitte highlight that many public companies have found significant challenges in the successful transition to the ASC 842 standard. The transition has taken more time and effort than anticipated for most. Private companies are required to comply by the end of 2020 and should consider applying the lessons learned… Read More »
A survey on the impact of the new lease accounting standard (as it pertains to lessees) was recently completed and its results validated some of the feedback that we have been providing over the last few years about how organizations are responding to the new change and major pain points that must be addressed as… Read More »
One of the areas of the new lease standard that has not received that much attention is executory costs. However, as lessees consummate new leases that must be transitioned into the new standard, this is an area that should not be overlooked. Executory Costs that Transfer a Good or Service The new lease standard only… Read More »
Earlier this week, I participated on a webinar on the new lease accounting standards. The webinar was given by one of the major accounting firms and was specifically directed at how the new lease standards will impact lessees. One of the polling questions asked of participants during the course of the webinar was whether, in… Read More »
iLease Management LLC (“iLease”), developer of iLeasePro, an enterprise cloud-based Lease Management and Accounting solution, has announced a major step forward in its strategic partnership and integration with Sage Intacct, a leader in cloud-based financial management and accounting software. iLease has released the capability to take advantage of Sage Intacct’s dimension feature to seamlessly track… Read More »
Leases (Topic 842) was issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in February 2016 and represented a rather substantial change in how leases are to be accounted for, especially for lessees. More than 30 months have gone by and the effective date to implement the new standard is fast approaching. The effective date for… Read More »
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Earlier this month, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) which would provide an additional transition option when adopting the new lease accounting standard. Under the proposed ASU, organizations would have the option to use the effective date as the date of adoption instead of at the earliest comparative… Read More »
In June 2017, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (“GASB”) issued Statement No. 87 – Leases which establishes new accounting standards to be applied to all lease transactions for state and local governments. The Standard is effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2019 with earlier application encouraged. The governmental standard follows most of the… Read More »