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International Accounting Standard 17, dealing with leases.
International Accounting Standard 17, dealing with leases.


IAS 17 requires finance lease liabilities to be accounted for 'on balance sheet'.
It also requires the appropriate allocation of the total lease instalments between finance charges and reduction of the outstanding lease liability.


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''IAS 17 has been replaced by IFRS 16.''
Under IAS 17 the total finance charge should be spread in such a way as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
However, IAS 17 also allows for some form of approximation to be used to simplify the calculation.


Fully accurate calculation bases for spreading the total finance charge include the Actuarial method.
''IFRS 16 is mandatory - for companies reporting under international financial reporting standards - from 1 January 2019.''
The Sum of the digits method is simpler to apply, and will normally produce a close approximation.  
 
 
IAS 17 required finance lease liabilities to be accounted for 'on balance sheet'.
 
It also required the appropriate allocation of the total lease instalments between finance charges and reduction of the outstanding lease liability.
 
 
Under IAS 17 the total finance charge was spread in such a way as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.


However, IAS 17 also allowed for some form of approximation to be used to simplify the calculation.


'''Future developments'''


Differences in accounting standards can lead to significant non-comparability.  A joint IASB-FASB project to improve and align accounting for leases led to the issue of [[IFRS 16]] in early 2016, with mandatory effect from 2019.
Fully accurate calculation bases for spreading the total finance charge included the Actuarial method.
 
The Sum of the digits method is simpler to apply, and will normally produce a close approximation.  




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* [[Finance charge]]
* [[Finance charge]]
* [[Finance lease]]
* [[Finance lease]]
* [[FRS 102]]
* [[IFRIC 4]]
* [[IFRS 16]]
* [[International Financial Reporting Standards]]
* [[International Financial Reporting Standards]]
* [[Off-balance sheet finance]]
* [[Off balance sheet finance]]
* [[Operating lease]]
* [[Operating lease]]
* [[SSAP 21]]
* [[Sum of the digits]]
* [[Sum of the digits]]
* [[IFRS 16]]


[[Category:Accounting_and_Reporting]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]

Latest revision as of 10:17, 22 October 2020

International Accounting Standard 17, dealing with leases.


IAS 17 has been replaced by IFRS 16.

IFRS 16 is mandatory - for companies reporting under international financial reporting standards - from 1 January 2019.


IAS 17 required finance lease liabilities to be accounted for 'on balance sheet'.

It also required the appropriate allocation of the total lease instalments between finance charges and reduction of the outstanding lease liability.


Under IAS 17 the total finance charge was spread in such a way as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

However, IAS 17 also allowed for some form of approximation to be used to simplify the calculation.


Fully accurate calculation bases for spreading the total finance charge included the Actuarial method.

The Sum of the digits method is simpler to apply, and will normally produce a close approximation.


See also