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Lessee Accounting: Identification, Classification & Recognition ON DEMAND

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1.0 Credits

Member Price $29.00

Non-Member Price $33.00

Overview

This course provides an overview of the accounting for lease transactions, specifically from the standpoint of a lessee. This includes a discussion of how to determine if an arrangement/contract is a lease, how to classify the identified lease (e.g., operating vs. finance) , as well as how to recognize and measure the various components of the lease.

Highlights

FASB basis for conclusions. Evaluation of decision-making rights. Short term leases. Lease analysis. Lease vs Non lease components. Finance and operating lease.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs.

Objectives

Determine whether an arrangement contains a lease. Recognize considerations with respect to substitution rights and decision-making rights. Identify the criteria for lease classification. List the recognition requirements related to operating and finance leases.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Kelen Camehl, Western CPE

Kelen is a recognized author and reviewer of CPE courses and has authored over 85 courses (225+ CPE credit hours) covering a range of accounting, auditing, financial reporting, regulatory, and ethics topics. His courses are available for purchase from many online CPE providers including the AICPA. Kelen has also remained involved in CPA exam content development for nearly 10 years and has authored more than a thousand multiple choice questions for various sections of the CPA exam. He also serves as an Editorial Advisor for the AICPA’s “Journal of Accountancy”.

Kelen has over 15 years of progressive finance and accounting experience. He currently serves as an Accounting Policy Consultant with HP, Inc. in Dallas, TX. Most recently he was located in Budapest, Hungary on a three-year international assignment and served in the company’s Houston, TX location prior to this assignment. Prior to HP, he served in multiple accounting roles in the oil & gas industry with ConocoPhillips including technical accounting policy, SOX compliance, and internal audit. He also gained public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working with various clients in the energy, electric, power, gas, and utility sectors.

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Non-Member Price $33.00

Member Price $29.00