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Accounting for Leases - Deep Dive 3 Credits

Feb 23, 2024, 02:30 PM ET

Accounting for Leases - Deep Dive 3 Credits

  • Lynn Fountain

    CRMA, CPA (US), CGMA

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    February, 2024

  • Subject Area

    Accounting

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Feb 23, 2024, 02:30 PM ET

Learning Objective

  • To identify the purpose and effective date of the updated lease standard.
  • To discuss the updated Topic 842 – Leases.
  • To identify the types/classifications of leases for lessees/lessors.
  • To analyze how to account for a lessee’s operating and capital leases and required disclosures.
  • To recognize how to account for a lessor's operating, direct financing, sales-type leases, and required disclosures.
  • To identify the sale and leaseback issues.

Course Overview

In February 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which provides new guidelines that change the accounting for leasing arrangements.  To be able to properly account for leases, financial professionals must understand ASU 2016-02 (also referred to as Topic 842). This online CPE course covers information on how leases should be accounted for. The previous leasing standard (ASC 840) had been in existence for almost 40 years. 

Under ASC Topic 842, lessors continue to classify leases as operating, direct financing, or sales-type. While lessees now classify leases as operating or financing leases. Previous guidance only required capital leases to be reflected on the BS. The new guidance requires all leases to be reflected on the BS.  This is a major change for organizations and will cause their BS to swell as leases must now be disclosed on the BS.

The standard's original effective dates were before 2019. In April 2020, due to COVID-19, FASB voted to defer the effective date for ASC 842 for private companies and certain NFPs for one year.  For private companies and private NFPs, the leasing standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. For public companies, the leasing standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years.

Major topics discussed in this online webinar by Lynn Fountain:

  • What is the definition of a Lease
  • How is control defined
  • Substantive Substitution Rights
  • Lease Classification
  • Where does an ROU asset go on the balance sheet
  • Classification of Lease
  • Types of the lease for Lessor and Lessee
  • Lease Payments
  • Purchase Options, Discount Rate, And Implicit Rate
  • Sales-Leaseback Transactions
  • Financial Statement Disclosures

This CPE Accounting webinar covers elements of lease classification for both lessees and lessors and also numerous examples are incorporated as references.

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Accounting for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 3 CPE Approved
Financial Accounting for Certified Internal Auditors (CIA) 3 CPE Eligible
Financial Reporting for Certified Management Accountants (CMA) 3 CPE Eligible
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 3 PL Eligible
Accounting for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 3 CPE Eligible
Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) 3 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) 3 CPE Eligible
Internal Audit Practitioner (IAP) 3 CPE Eligible
Financial Reporting for Certified Financial Forensics (CFF) 3 CPD Eligible
Financial accounting for Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) 3 CPE Eligible
Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL) 3 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 3 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 3 CPE Eligible
CIPM 3 PL Eligible
Financial accounting for Certified Business Appraiser (CBA)/Master Certified Business Appraiser (MCBA) 3 CPE Eligible
Financial accounting concepts for Certified FP&A Professional (FP&A) 3 CE Eligible
License details Credits Status
Accounting for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 2.5 CPE Approved
Financial Accounting for Certified Internal Auditors (CIA) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Financial Reporting for Certified Management Accountants (CMA) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Financial Reporting for Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) 2.5 CPD Eligible
Accounting for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 2.5 PL Eligible
Accounting for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Internal Audit Practitioner (IAP) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Financial Reporting for Certified Financial Forensics (CFF) 2.5 CPD Eligible
Financial accounting for Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for CIPM 2.5 PL Eligible
Financial accounting for Certified Business Appraiser (CBA)/Master Certified Business Appraiser (MCBA) 2.5 CPE Eligible
Financial accounting concepts for Certified FP&A Professional (FP&A) 2.5 CE Eligible

Additional Information

Credits

3

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study

Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

None

Advance Preparation

None

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Lynn Fountain , CRMA, CPA (US), CGMA

Owner, Lynn Fountain Consulting and Training

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Lynn Fountain has over 39 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance.  Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies.   In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees.  The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.

Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own consulting and training practice.  She has successfully executed on several consulting assignments spanning areas of accounting, risk, ERM and internal audit.  She is a highly sought-after trainer and international speaker and has produced hundreds of courses delivered through seminars, conferences and on-demand training.  She is the author of three separate technical books.  

  • Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations”.
  • Leading the Internal Audit Function
  • Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma

Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials. 


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Anantharamakrishnan Balakrishnan, EA

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Lease Accounting Standard is very important for Controllers to understand the Accounting for leases and the various disclosure requirement in the Financial Statements. This module is very comprehensive and has explained the difference between the old and the new Lease Standards whereby all the operating leases have to be accounted and disclosed in the Financial Statements. Also the Handout and the Lease Accounting and Disclosure cheat sheet is useful for Accountants and the Controller to understand the subject matter very well.

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Kristen Bui, CPA (US)

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I think this is one of the better courses on leases on this platform. She's thorough and explains it in a way that I can understand. Her materials are also more easier to read.

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