Download or read book Impact of Lease Capitalization on the Development of Accounting Standards written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Lease Capitalization on Various Financial Measures written by Charles W. Mulford and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FASB, in conjunction with the International Accounting Standards Board, is currently in the planning stages of a project that would revise SFAS 13, Accounting for Leases. What is proposed is that leases that are presently accounted for as operating leases, that is, those leases that do not meet the current requirements for on-balance-sheet treatment, would be accounted for as capital leases and brought onto the financial statements. For companies that use a significant amount of operating leases to finance operations, the financial statement impact could be far-reaching, including material effects on various measures of profitability, financial leverage, debt coverage and cash flow.In this article, we look at the retail industry, an industry that uses operating leases extensively, to evaluate how certain key measures of financial performance and position might be affected by the capitalization of operating leases. Among the findings are an increase in EBITDA, though reductions in income from continuing operations and earnings per share. Financial leverage is increased and debt coverage measures are reduced. Measures of profitability, such as return on assets and return on equity are reduced. Finally, we find an increase in operating cash flow and free cash flow.
Download or read book Accounting Theory written by Harry I. Wolk and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents complex materials in a clear and understandable manner. Incorporating the latest accounting standards and presenting the most up-to-date accounting theory from the top academic journals in accounting and finance throughout the world.
Download or read book The Elgar Companion to Transaction Cost Economics written by Peter G. Klein and published by Edward Elgar Pub. This book was released on 2010 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Not too long ago it was possible to be familiar with all of the important works and latest developments in transaction cost economics. That that is no longer the case is a testament to the intellectual appeal and empirical success of the transaction cost approach. for newcomers, the entries in this volume, by some of TCE's most knowledgeable and eloquent contributors, offer an excellent introduction to the issues, methods, discoveries, and debates in the field; for veterans, the volume provides a highly valuable resource for catching up on the newest research.' - Scott E. Masten, University of Michigan School of Business, US
Download or read book The Effect of Capitalizing Operating Leases on US Based Retail Companies written by Cédric Planner and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After ten years of developing a new accounting standard for leases, the FASB issued ASC 842 on February 25th, 2016 to improve transparency and comparability of financial statements across companies. The following paper investigates the effect of capitalizing operating leases onto the balance sheet of US-based retail companies. As a basis, the author will present and elaborate on the theoretical fundamentals of the newly established standard ASC 842 through various sources of literature in order to afterwards establish a comprehensive research design. As a result of the research design, an empirical analysis will be conducted using various financial information from Form 10-K documents of each company within the sample to examine the effect of capitalizing operating leases on key financial metrics. According to the results, the paper justifies that capitalizing operating leases onto the balance sheet of US-based retail companies has the potential to create more transparency and comparability, but it will take some time. Furthermore, the results show that the capitalization of operating leases onto the balance sheet has a significant impact on key financial metrics. This impact will manifest itself in the form of individual companies needing to re-negotiate their debt or remuneration contracts.
Download or read book Accounting for Long Term Financial Commitments written by Glenn M. Pfeiffer and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of Lease Accounting and Its Impact on Corporate Real Estate Decisions written by Timothy Robert Canon and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis explores the likely impacts the proposed changes to lease accounting would have on corporate real estate decisions. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (SFASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) plan to establish a unified set of principle-based accounting systems into a unified set of principle-based standards in an effort to improve financial transparency and comparability across world markets. One component of this plan, centered on reform of current lease accounting standards, would eliminate the distinction between capital and operating leases and require almost all leases to be recognized as an asset and liability on the balance sheet. This represents a significant departure from the current accounting guidance under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), which requires American companies are only required to disclose only limited information about future operating lease requirements in the footnotes of financial statements. What's more, empirical evidence suggests that many companies structure leases to obtain this type of offbalance- sheet financing that operating leases afford. For companies with relatively large operating lease portfolios, the new accounting standards would have a significant impact on their balance sheets. If these companies consider accounting treatment in their real estate decisions, they may be inclined to pursue alternative real estate strategies to mitigate this impact. That being said, the corporate real estate decision-making process is complex; therefore any strategy aimed at achieving a specific accounting treatment must consider other relevant and potentially more important factors. This study analyzes the proposed changes to lease accounting and explores how corporate real estate managers consider the effects of accounting in their real estate decisions. Specific hypotheses are tested through targeted interviews with a diverse group of public and private tenants and landlords to identify the variables that would determine a particular company's incentive to change its real estate strategy in response to new accounting guidelines. Results of interviews are discussed and predictions are made regarding the future of real estate leasing strategies.
Download or read book Regional Studies on Economic Growth Financial Economics and Management written by Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents selected papers from the 19th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference held in Istanbul. Its primary emphasis is on showcasing the latest empirical research on social change, sustainable development and the management of public and private organizations in emerging economies. The respective articles also address more specialized and related topics such as financial risk tolerance, international strategic partnerships, female labor force participation, human capital dynamics, and economic integration, among others.
Download or read book IFRS 16 and Corporate Financial Performance in Italy Lease accounting framework and the development of international Accounting standards written by Elisa Raoli and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an empirical analysis on how the new lease accounting model of IFRS 16 affects financial statements and performance of Italian companies. It discusses the theoretical framework of the off-balance sheet financing with a particular focus on the off-balance sheet lease contracts. Previous research provided controversial results about the potential impacts on the companies' financial statement and performance deriving from leases capitalization. The application of different methodological approaches based on estimation of the expected effects resulted in inconclusive results. This book aims to measure the real impacts deriving from the post-implementation of the new lease accounting standard (IFRS 16) on companies' financial statements, economic and financial performance, on market reactions and on financial statement' users. .
Download or read book The New Lease Accounting Standards Topic 842 written by Yan Shi Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The accounting treatment for operating leases has attracted attention from both business and academic communities. The progression of the operating lease from short-term low-risk rental activity to an extensive financing vehicle to hide liabilities posed a challenge to the accounting profession. The new lease accounting standards were launched with a background full of controversies. This study provided evidential support for the material changes in reported financial data after implementing the new lease accounting standards. The hypotheses testings utilized the paired t-test and its non-parametric alternative, Wilcoxon, to investigate the significance of the year-over-year differences in financial performance metrics measuring firms’ asset efficiency, profitability, financial leverage, liquidity, and credit risk. The research results revealed significant changes in every category of financial performance. Firms with operating leases demonstrated more volatility in financial performance than firms not engaged in operating leases. Asset efficiency and profitability decreased while financial leverage increased. Other than expected higher assets and liabilities, most firms in the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Industrial Sector ended up with higher equity and cash holding positions. The significance of the changes in financial ratio reflects the magnitude of the differences in reported financial data pre and post the implementation of the new lease accounting standards.
Download or read book An Empirical Investigation of Methods of Computing the Current Portion of Capitalized Lease Obligations and the Effects on Selected Financial Measures written by Paul H. Schwinghammer and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impact of Lease Capitalization on Financial Ratios of Listed German Companies written by Rolf Uwe Fuelbier and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The separation of leases into operating and finance leases for accounting purposes can result in incentives to favor operating lease contracts, since they avoid on-balance-sheet debt. The IASB and FASB are conducting a long-term joint project on leasing, following the G4 1 group's research on possible improvements to lease accounting. One alternative is to treat all leases in a manner similar to today's finance leasing. Our simulation results for Germany show notable changes in a variety of financial ratios, especially for assets and liability relations, which may trigger management with incentives to dampen these effects. Of note for standard setters, the effects of operating lease capitalization should not be overstated. Only minor effects can be observed for profitability ratios and market multiples often used for valuation purposes. Moreover, most industries remain almost unaffected and the relative ratio-based ranking of all sample companies does not change much. Additionally, we observe that the common Creditstats model yields somewhat comparable results.
Download or read book An Empirical Investigation of the Economic Impact of Accounting Standards for Lease Disclosure written by Thomas Wilson Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Perspective on the Joint IASB FASB Exposure Draft on Accounting for Leases written by Yuri Biondi and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently issued a joint exposure draft on accounting for leases. This exposure draft seeks to shift lease accounting from an “ownership” model to a “right-to-use” model. Under the current ownership model, leases can be reported on balance sheet (finance leases) if certain tests are met, or off balance sheet (operating leases) if those tests are not met. The new model seeks to report all leases on the balance sheet based on the present value of lease obligations without any bright line tests, and no sharp on or off the balance sheet classifications. We are sympathetic to the standard setters concern that the current lease standard is being manipulated improperly by managers resulting in large amount of debt being reported off balance sheet. We provide a discussion of current lease accounting and the proposed exposure draft. We also comment on five key issues covered by the exposure draft: the definition of a lease, the initial measurement and eventual reassessment at fair values, the accounting for lessors, the impact of lease accounting on recognition and income measurement, and classification of lease accounting elements and their impact on accounting ratios. This comment was developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Committee of the American Accounting Association and does not represent an official position of the American Accounting Association.
Download or read book IFRS 16 and Corporate Financial Performance in Italy written by Elisa Raoli and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an empirical analysis on how the new lease accounting model of IFRS 16 affects financial statements and performance of Italian companies. It discusses the theoretical framework of the off-balance sheet financing with a particular focus on the off-balance sheet lease contracts. Previous research provided controversial results about the potential impacts on the companies’ financial statement and performance deriving from leases capitalization. The application of different methodological approaches based on estimation of the expected effects resulted in inconclusive results. This book aims to measure the real impacts deriving from the post-implementation of the new lease accounting standard (IFRS 16) on companies’ financial statements, economic and financial performance, on market reactions and on financial statement’ users.
Download or read book Lease or Purchase written by A.C.C. Herst and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leasing of capital assets has become an important financing method, not only in the United States but in most West European countries as well. As a result, more and more often, practitioners and theorists are confronted with the lease-or-purchase issue. It may be rather difficult, however, to resolve this issue since there is a multitude of lease-or-purchase models that vary widely in assumed initial conditions, form, and content. In this book, I review and evaluate a number of these models, paying attention to financial leases as well as to operating leases. The models will be analyzed verbally, by means of a numerical example and utilizing uniform mathematical nota tion. After having discussed the theoretical achievements in this area, I investigate the reasons why preference is given to leasing in real-world situa tions and then look into any differences in legal provisions, income tax systems, and accounting regulations in various countries as they may affect the leasing of capital assets. Consequently, I feel that this book is a helpful instrument for both theorists and practitioners confronted with the lease-or purchase decision. Many people made valuable contributions toward developing this book, among others my colleagues of the Department of Business Finance of Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Besides, I am especially indebted to Pro fessor Dr. A. I. Diepenhorst for his advice and suggestions, to an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments, and to Mrs. M. Leutscher-Van den Berg for her patient help in preparing the various versions of the manuscript.
Download or read book FAS 13 written by Katherine M. Kimberlin and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lease accounting has not had an overhaul since the release of FAS 13 in 1976. In a time when 80% of companies lease all of or some of their assets, accounting for over $200 billion dollars of asset funding, the need for transparent reporting of leases is more important now than ever. The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have formally added the topic of lease accounting to each of their respective agendas for 2007. This thesis looks at the projected changes in lease accounting standards, illustrates the impact these changes could have, and examines how these changes may affect the stock market and companies in a variety of industries.
