Leases
The TFRS for NPAEs sets out examples of situations
that would normally lead to a lease being classified as
a finance lease:
· Ownership of the asset is transferred to the lessee
at end of the lease term.
· The lessee has the option to purchase the asset at
a price that is expected to be sufficiently lower
than the fair value (normally 5 percent or less of
such fair value).
· The lease term is for the major part of the
economic life (normally 80% or more) of the asset
even if title is not transferred.
· At the inception of the lease the present value of
the minimum lease payments amounts to at least
substantially all (normally 90 percent or more) of
the fair value of the leased assets.
The above examples provide clarification and reduce
the requirement for management to apply judgement
when classifying leases.