Leases are usually classified as operating or capital. While the distinction is mostly irrelevant for small-ticket transactions such as leasing a car, it has important consequences in areas such as ...

Payments for leased corporate assets must be accounted for in financial statements, to accurately reflectthe company's financial obligations. There are two accounting methods, one for each type of ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has published an updated report on its approach to evaluating the credit implications for an issuer's operating leases. In order to compare the financial ...

A new accounting rule added nearly $3 trillion to corporate balance sheets in Q1. Operating lease obligations, formerly buried in the footnotes, must now be reported as a liability – and corresponding ...

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Accounting rules break leases into two classes. When you lease equipment or a building for a relatively short term, you have an operating lease, AccountingTools explains. If you lease long-term or in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Operating leases may not sound all that sexy, but they are a great way to get liabilities off balance sheet.

This report is one of a series on the adjustments we make to convert GAAP data to economic earnings. Reported earnings don’t tell the whole story of a company’s profits. They are based on ...