A finance lease is to be capitalized and reported separately. The carrying amount of the assets under finance lease
and the total amount of the lease liabilities have to be disclosed in the balance sheet or in the notes. We don’t have
financial lease at Metrohm Group.
An operating lease is not capitalized. Operating lease payments are therefore treated as period operating expenses
and charged to the income statement as incurred. Leasing costs should be expensed according to the related leased
asset. For example operating leasing expenses for a car should be recorded as car expenses. Operating lease
commitments which cannot be cancelled within a year have to be disclosed in the notes. Metrohm Group
companies only have operating lease contracts.
4.1.2.3.1.5 Fixed assets register
Metrohm subsidiaries are requested to keep a “fixed assets register” for tangible assets. This register shows
information about the original investment amount, date of original investment, short description of tangible asset,
method and rate of depreciation, net book value. Periodically, at least every year, a physical identification and
count of the tangible fixed assets is required and the fixed asset register is corrected if changes did occur.
A profit resulting from the sale of tangible fixed assets with a subsequent finance lease (sale and lease back) has to
be recognized as deferred income in the financial statements and amortized over the duration of the lease
contract. A loss resulting from the disposal of tangible fixed assets with a subsequent finance lease (sale and lease
back) has to be fully and immediately recognized and expensed to the result of the period.
Overview of useful lifetime and depreciation rates according Metrohm accounting standard
4.1.2.3.1.6 Tangible asset assignment