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allamericandelivery
Level 1

How to use Lease Buyout account

I was able to create the account in the chart of accounts. But unsure of what amount I should record. It is a 36 month lease at $125/month at a $1 buyout. I know I should not record the full asset value (since it is not an asset yet) but I also do not just want to report the expense without showing where and why it wont be an expense when the loan matures. Also is depreciation a factor now or later when it matures as to the current -- future value?

 

Thanks!

Joe

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Rustler
Level 15

How to use Lease Buyout account

So your lease buyout is called a capital lease in accounting.

So the lease is considered a liability and the item is a fixed asset subject to annual depreciation (if it qualifies in IRS Pub 946)

Create the fixed asset account and the liability account, do a journal entry,
debit the fixed asset account for the total of the lease (125 * 36 + 1)
credit the liability account

then you pay down the liability account

Kn0wledgeSeeker
Level 1

How to use Lease Buyout account

hello, what if you use the notes payable options to record the capital lease, and track the payments there and use the other asset chart of accounts to account for the capital lease total amount?

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