ASPE Lease Accounting

ASPE Accounting Standards · 4:14

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[Verse 1]
Under ASPE rules we classify each lease
Two paths to choose, operating or finance piece
Look at the criteria, four tests we apply
Transfer of ownership when the term goes by
Bargain purchase option at a discount rate
Present value test at eighty-five or eight
Economic life test, seventy-five percent
These are the markers where our judgment's spent

[Chorus]
ASPE splits the lease in two
Operating keeps it off the books for you
Finance lease means capitalize
Put the asset on your balance sheet to rise
Different from IFRS sixteen's single way
ASPE gives you choice in how you want to play
Two models running side by side
Let the four criteria be your guide

[Verse 2]
Operating lease is simple as can be
Rent expense recorded monthly, that's the key
No asset, no liability appears
Just payments flowing through the fiscal years
But finance lease tells a different story
Asset and liability in all their glory
Depreciate the asset, interest on the debt
Split the payment, that's the method set

[Chorus]
ASPE splits the lease in two
Operating keeps it off the books for you
Finance lease means capitalize
Put the asset on your balance sheet to rise
Different from IFRS sixteen's single way
ASPE gives you choice in how you want to play
Two models running side by side
Let the four criteria be your guide

[Bridge]
IFRS took a different road
Right-of-use for every load
Single model for all leases
Complexity never ceases
But ASPE keeps the old divide
Bright line tests to help decide
Private companies get relief
From the recording that's more brief

[Verse 3]
Title transfer test is number one
Ownership passes when the lease is done
Bargain purchase option, test number two
Below fair value, what would you do?
Present value of the minimum pay
If it's eighty-five percent, finance way
Economic life, the seventy-five rule
These four tests are your classification tool

[Chorus]
ASPE splits the lease in two
Operating keeps it off the books for you
Finance lease means capitalize
Put the asset on your balance sheet to rise
Different from IFRS sixteen's single way
ASPE gives you choice in how you want to play
Two models running side by side
Let the four criteria be your guide

[Outro]
When you see a lease agreement
Test the four for your treatment
ASPE gives you dual approach
Let the criteria be your coach

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