This is the ONE thing you MUST be able to do under the new lease accounting rules:
The new lease accounting rules require the vast majority of leases to be capitalized, and the capitalized amount is calculated as the present value of the lease payments. It goes without saying, therefore, that to comply with the new lease standard, you will need to know how to calculate the present value of lease payments. This is especially true if you do not plan on using software, and plan on continuing to use excel spreadsheets to manage your leases. While we think managing your leases in excel is a bad idea (see our post about that here), if you choose to use excel, we can at least help you use it correctly.
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About LeaseQuery: LeaseQuery is lease management software that helps companies manage their leases. Rather than relying on excel spreadsheets, our clients use LeaseQuery to get alerts for critical dates (renewals, etc), calculate the straight-line amortization of rent and TI allowances per GAAP, provide the required monthly journal entries (for both capital and operating leases) and provide the commitment disclosure reports required in the notes and the MD&A. Contact us here.
