This course provides an overview of the new lease accounting standard issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) prescribed within Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 842. This includes a discussion of the reasons for the change, how to correctly identify a lease within a contract, and the overall recognition, measurement, subsequent measurement, and disclosure requirements. This course also provides examples of real-world disclosures as well as challenges faced by entities post-adoption.
Learning Objectives
Determine whether an arrangement contains a lease
Identify considerations with respect to substitution rights
Identify the criteria for the new finance lease and short-term leases
Recognize the new recognition and measurement requirements for both lessees and lessors
Identify the requirements related to lease modifications
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About Presenter
Kelen Camehl, MBA
Advisor, Kelen Camehl CPA
Kelen is a CPA with 15 years of progressive finance and accounting experience. Currently, he serves as a Senior Manager of Technical Accounting with HP, Inc. Prior to this role, he served in multiple accounting roles in the oil and gas industry with ConocoPhillips including technical accounting policy, SOX compliance, and global internal audit. He also gained public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working with various clients in the energy, electric, power, gas, and utility sectors in Houston, TX.
Kelen has remained actively involved in CPA exam content development for the past eight years and has authored over a thousand multiple-choice questions for various sections of the exam, attending workshops with the AICPA across the country each year. He also serves as an editorial advisor for the AICPA’s Journal of Accountancy as well as both an author and technical reviewer for continuing professional education (CPE) courses published by the AICPA. He also authors CPE courses and serves as a technical reviewer and revision editor for Wolters Kluwer (CCH Group) and WebCE as well as contributing to CPE course development for SmartPros. He also authors CPE courses for PDH Academy.
Kelen received his BBA in Accounting from Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi, TX and an MBA from the University of Texas—San Antonio. He is a CPA licensed in the state of Texas.
