Under IAS 17, you need to classify the lease first. Upon preparation of consolidated FS both amounts will be recognized, does it makes the FS overstated? Your explanation and illustration is very simple and easy to understand. This is another change we need to watch out under IFRS 16. Thank you so much for all the efforts. A summary of IFRS 16 Leases, including information on current proposals and a timeline of past amendments, announcements, exposure drafts and consultations. Hi slay, There will be much more assets and liabilities in the balance sheets as before, and as a result, financial rations can change. Since in the first place we have already record as long term lease payable. Hi SK, Hello Sylvia, Can you please explain why this is? The present value is calculated as 8571*1/(1,05^3)+8571*1/(1,05^2)+8571*1/1,05 – these 1/(1,05^3) etc. Looking for the standard? I have a question about lease of land. Debit Right of use of asset discounted at 99 years? The actual wording of the definition in IFRS 16 does not change too much from the IAS 17 one. a. You have to be extremely careful when it comes to some service contracts. decided to review the lease agreement to ensure that the lease should be afforded operating thank you, this is a very interesting comment. S. For an operating lease under IFRS16, does the lessor record the lesaed asset as an Asset and depreciate it? Silvia, first of all, I highly appreciate your efforts. Specifically, it introduces significant changes to lessee accounting since it removes the distinction between operating and finance leases from IAS 17. Under IFRS 16, i may account the Right-of-Use of assets (“ROU”) and depreciate over 20 years with i account the lease liabilities over 5 years. It’s worth adding it. IFRS 16 summary. If underlying assets low-value when new, then don’t worry about the lease term and put all expenses in profit or loss. If you can tell me how you accounted for operating leases previously and how the deferred liability arose, I will show you the entries. Thanks for the clarity on IFRS16. Dot-com 3. Do we amortize the lease premium over the period of the lease agreement? Why creating a fuss over nothing?? Please note that the cash flow does not change. I realized that there were lesser attention given to the distinction between acquisition and leasing of assets. Hi Silvia, i am confused as i have seen different entries now. Ever since then I receive lots of e-mails asking me to sum up what’s new. Is there any change regarding journal entries. I would be glad if could assist with this situation: Since under IFRS 16 Operating lease was eliminated in Accounting for lessee. In January 2016, IASB issued another important and long-discussed standard: IFRS 16 Leases that will replace IAS 17. But, some operating leases were non-cancellable, and therefore, they represented a liability (and an asset) for the lessees. The standard says that it has to be set off against the ROUA at the transition date, what does this mean? yes, you do need to apply some judgement here, but the guidance says that the examples of items with low value are computers or items of furniture – so you get the point. Can you explain with example? IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows. amount 1429 ? Under older IAS 17, you did not need to think about it too much, because you put all lease payments as some rental expense to your profit or loss. This item simply does not enter into variable lease payments. I have one question though, How do we treat the security deposits when implementing this standards? This place is assigned to you and no one can change it during the duration of the contract. S. How does one deal with existing operating leases in place when one adopts IAS 16? Especially with example it is like a cakewalk During the exam, read the question and underline major information while reading. I presume that means there is no recognition for lease liability. How do IFRS-16 apply to sale and leaseback transaction. The rental amount is GHc100,000 per year in advance. You should take 2 steps: Can the land owner recognise this as a sale; derecognise the land and recognise a profit? Copyright © 2009-2020 Simlogic, s.r.o. S. Hi Silvia, One small detail, I was wondering if the right of use asset could go under current assets, for example the amount of lease liability that is due in the next 12 months. The value of the lease liability includes all payments that are not paid at the commencement date: fixed payments, variable payments, residual value guarantees, exercise price of purchase option and penalties for terminating. You can read more about the lease term here. I take it that under IFRS16, both lease and asset will be classified as long term assets since it will over 12 months anyways. Thank you for great article. Further when first time adoption of the standard occurs is there an adjustment required for to the comparatives of the prior financial year? S. Hello silvia,thx for ur vivid explanation.i want to know if right to use asset is a tangible or an intangible asset as compared with other rights that generates cashinflows. If the lease was classified as operating, then the lessees did not show neither asset nor liability in their balance sheets – just the lease payments as an expense in profit or loss. Hi Devo, Therefore, assuming that you apply older IAS 17: Thank you so much for the awesome job on these new IFRSs. Use at your own risk. 2- The asset and the liabilities will be 0 (zero) at the end of the year. Thank you for an extremely lucid explanation on the new standard. Irshad, the lessor’s accounting has not changed. It is difficult to identify from your notes in ifrsbox but what would you do if the company is paying the lease of the car (invoice issued to company) of some employees and then the lease amounts are deducted from the salary of the employees? Hope u got your answer & please share your feedback accordingly. Oh ya, I have invite your linkedin account. So, you better start revising all your lease contracts to identify whether you have a lease … Also, under IFRS 16, we show more assets on the balance sheet, but also more debt or liabilities. Comparing IFRS vs. GAAP lessee requirements. In this example, we debit p/l $1000 and credit rent prepaid $1000 every month. Dr. IFRS 16 eliminates the current dual accounting model for lessees, which distinguishes between on-balance … This is aimed at improving the comparability of financial statements, capturing useful material information on leases rather than additional components. The key difference between IAS 17 and IFRS 16 is that according to the old … Off-Balance-Sheet-Accounting wurde schon seit den 1990er Jahren immer wieder heftige Kritik geäußert. STATE THE OBVIOUS – you can earn easy marks. S. The purpose of the new standard is to eliminate off balance sheet financing but it seems that in the case of operating lease we will record the assets twice. But, remember, road to hell is paved with good intentions and the question is whether too many estimates and judgements won’t exactly lead to creative accounting that we want to prevent. Debit Lease liability 7.403 Short answer: To eliminate off-balance sheet financing. Thanks. How about upon depreciation of the PPE? The following additional assumptions are made: – The contract meets the definition of a lease under both IAS 17 and IFRS 16; – The lease does not meet the low value or short-term lease exemptions under IFRS 16; – Entity A has a calendar year-end, so IFRS 16 … So yes, I guess it’s the right treatment to recognize lease expenses in profit or loss. A lessor will show a PPE and a lessee will show a right to use a PPE. Currently company is recognising the amount paid to finance company under salary cost. The estimated economic life of the automobile is 5 years. An asset shall be depreciated and a liability amortized over the lease term. Dear Christian, Right-Of-Use (ROU) assets are non-financial assets in the scope of IAS 36. I’ve been googling a while and still can’t find the right IFRS, so I’d really appreciate your help. I meant depreciated of course instead of appreciable :)). S. Thank you for the insightful details and example. currently the employer is maintaining the books according to IAS17, and charging the cost in P&L as expenses. Because in liability you reduce principal value of 7,404 (Rent 8,571 – Interest 1,167). What explains / makes up the difference between the Lessor’s and the Lessee’s valuation of the asset? If the lessee intends to use the option to purchase the asset at the end of the lease term, then you need to depreciate over its economic life. Do you see any other way to avoid such reversal mechanism as it may be really complex of you have to go through different allocations process (from analytical accounting and costing point of view), Dear Silvia, I would like to first thank you for demystifying IFRSs that seemed to be complicated. This was a very simplified illustration to make you aware of this and it’s by no means exhaustive – but you get a point. Let me illustrate the new accounting model and put it in the contract with the treatment under IAS 17. Remember – keep it simple, revise a lot and re-do past ACCA’s exam questions as much as you can. Warning: this is NOT exhaustive description of the standard, and I simplify the things a lot for illustration purposes. If you are adopting IFRS 16 from IAS 17, you have to state the balances as if IFRS 16 has always been adopted. You can start here. However, it is very similar to the old definition in older IAS 17 (differences do exist). He was a little bit hesitant but in the end confirmed that rent office should be out of scope since there is no option to purchase the office. Cr. could you please clarify the different in the sale & lease back under IAS 17 and IFRS 16? Please help. is it? “Property Lease” seems meet the definition under IFRS16, if so, after the lease commencement, should we measure the right-of-use asset by using the cost model or revaluation model? any other operating lease that exists at the date of initial Currently the lease is for $200 per month paid monthly on the 1st of each month, now we need to apply IFRS 16. I have not been able to find an answer as of yet. lease treatment, and you discovered the following lease terms: The new regulation on lease accounting … The lease payments are recorded in profit or loss. I.e. It would be non-sense to apply IFRS 16 earlier than IFRS 15. This is the best article/summary I’ve read anywhere on the internet, thank you! S. Your posts are very informative and easy to understand. This way I would like to kindly ask you one more question. IFRS 16 requires contracts that IAS 17 … Hi – thanks for this article – very useful. So you are really using discounting technique here and not the fair value. Thank for interesting article here.I have encountered a concern where a company identified a lease liability in there book of account and once i persuade agreement, the agreement parties are the parent company vs lease company.Do the subsidiary company can recognize the lease liability as per IFRS 16? S. hi, could you please clarify, if we recognise FRS 16 impact in FY2019 (both ROU and lease liability), However, in subsequent year, (FY2020), we have early terminate the tenancy. Therefore, market becomes less and less efficient. And for podcast, of course , yes and thanks. Thank you so much for providing such information, I have 2 question, could you please answer them? NEW: Online Workshops – US GAAP, IFRS and other, how to account for finance and operating leases by the lessee. So in this case, you need to assess 5 criteria to classify the lease properly. Insurance and maintenance is the responsibility of lessor. The actual wording of the definition in IFRS 16 does not change too much from the IAS 17 one. I mean, I tried to find examples but failed to find a simple explanation. Can someone explain as to how this was calculated. 1. the entity purchase an assets, the ownership (both legal and accounting, ie. And, when doing this, you will book the cummulative adjustment in opening retained earnings (depending on which approach you take, whether modified or full). Sure, if you follow IFRS 16, then of course you need to recognize right-of-use asset and lease liability for any lease (except for short-term and low-value), so yes, the company with 99-year land lease needed to make an adjustment during transition to IFRS 16. Hi Jay, IFRS 16 brings significant changes in accounting rules for lessees, whereas the accounting rules for lessors remain largely unchanged from IAS 17. Accounting for leases by lessors almost does not change, so they can continue in the same way. There is a little confusion, if the lesser identifies an asset as a finance lease (and therefore the asset remains in its accounts) and the lessee has identified the same asset as a right-to-use asset, will there not be the case where the same asset is recognized twice (once in the lessee’s accounts and also in the lessors’ accounts)? In this case, we do not need this anymore? Best Regards. – or you do one-off adjustment. 1) My company leased out shop space to inter-company over a fixed lease term but on a variable component of the sales (10% of nett sales for the month). S. Thank you very much for your very informative post, especially that you made it very simple to understand. However, there is a greater emphasis and weight surrounding how a lease differs from a service. A new standard IFRS 16 Leases, (originally issued in 2016 by the IASB to replace IAS 17 Leases), will become mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. Can you advise please, how we need to eliminate entries under IFRS 16, if lessor is a Parent company and leasee is a subsidiary? PV = 8571*1/1,05+8571*1/(1,05*1,05)+8571*1/(1,05*1,05*1,05). Now with the IFRS 16, do we need to capitalise these operating lease commitments irrespective of the fact that we have already accounted them as intangible assets at the time of business combination or is there any relief available in IFRS 16. Credit cash 7.403 How does this changes come January 01, 2019 under IFRS 16? How can I solve this case? Under IFRS 16, these leases can no longer be accounted for off-balance sheet (unless the lease is short-term). Hi IFRS 16 replaces IAS 17. Thanks for all your IFRS guidance. IFRS® is the IFRS Foundation’s registered Trade Mark and is used by Simlogic, s.r.o I work for a bank (Ghana) and as usual most of the banking premises are rented. This is probably the biggest change with the greatest impact on the financial statements and the amount of work required to make it happen. IFRS 15, ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’, which replaces the guidance in IAS 18, IAS 11, IFRIC 13, IFRIC 15, IFRIC 18 and SIC 31 (‘IFRS 15’); IFRS 16, ‘Leases’, which replaces IAS 17, IFRIC 4, SIC 15 and SIC 27 (‘IFRS 16’); We try to ensure credibility. 2) Since this is an inter-company transaction, there will be no implicit interest rate that has been included in the rental agreement. The lessor recognizes the asset in its balance sheet, which is depreciated over its useful life. And a very big congrats on your bundle of joy..God bless! IFRS 16 substantially carries forward the lessor accounting requirements of IAS 17. IFRS 16 includes detailed guidance to help companies assess whether a contract contains a lease or a service, or both. at what rate? Thanks. Would you mind if I use this question with your first name in my podcast (as for example here)? . As the focus of this thesis is on the comparison of IFRS 16 and IAS 17, a separate chapter is devoted to each of these two standards. yes, exactly as you write. What is the best practise? IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors. I will come back to it at the later stage, because I truly think that there will be lots of questions, discussions and additional guidance on how to tackle several areas of the lease accounting. I’m not the right person to respond to this question, sorry I just take the rules as they are and try to play with the cards I have. The challenge now is how to set up the amortization table. Lessees are relieved from full retrospective application as specified in IAS 8. Thanks, Bob and all the best!!! Let me know your feedback. IFRS 16 Leases and the equivalent update to the FASB’s accounting standards codification were issued at the beginning of 2016. of years from a finance company and given this car to employees for their personal/ official use. Let’s say that based on warehouse’s economic life, lease payments, etc. Under IAS 17, there are two types of leases: operating and capital. So this difference between principal amount and depreciation creates difference, which will be there. in IFRS 16 have been changed somewhat from those in IAS 17 in response to feedback received. S. Thank you. IAS 17: IFRS 16: Finance Lease (Major Changes) Certain criteria to be met to recognize a lease as finance lease; such as substantially transfer of risks and rewards. dr. cash 1000 Dear Muhammad, the same under IFRS 16 and IAS 17, however, with the application of the right-of-use model the presentation of lease payments in the statement of comprehensive income will change. Hi, you should amortize it, because it’s a prepayment. You discovered that a company, Axia Automobile is not listed in the subsidiary ledger. A few questions below: This liability was hidden from the readers of the financial statements, as it was not presented anywhere. Thank you so much. Hi Kelvin, Well, you will simply reverse everything as no lease has ever happened. Dear Silvia, Can I account this amount as a current asset? My company currently uses a warehouse under IAS 17 operating lease where the lessor provides repairs and maintenance. I am here again to thank you for your well simplified explanations. it is because IFRS 16 often refers to IFRS 15 provisions – for example, in sales and leaseback transactions. yes, but it’s not the same asset. Well, in my humble opinion, all what you wrote is very true and fine. It is a joke, a game, and is very sad the accounting standard boards continue to do this. A really clear explanation. IFRS 16 and IAS 36 . in some parts of your presentations regarding the application of IFRS 16, you indicate that the lease period is determined only for the non-cancellable period (+possible extension of the contract). Hi Silvia, Under IFRS 16:36 (subsequent measurement of lease liability) as stated there, Why is it that the carrying amount of lease liability is to be increased by its interest expense? What will happen during the initial recognition of the right of use of asset at the comencement on 1 January 2019 if the lease’s termination date is after 2021? Hi Silva, I have this issue on Operating lease on the book entries for lease premium paid in advance. I wanted to know if we ever reclassify Lease receivable that was previously recognised on IAS 17. – you need to classify the lease first (it says that it’s operating, but looking to the conditions- is it really?) Look after operating leases especially as the rules changed there. Thanks for your explanation in simple terms. 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