All Lease articles
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ResourceWhite paper: 15 Critical Success Factors for Your Equipment Leasing Program
Equipment leasing, when managed effectively, can offer a number of strategic financial and competitive benefits to your business.
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Companies tie loose ends on leasing, prepare ongoing accounting
Companies generally are expected to be ready to report under new lease accounting rules but still face some added work to prepare for ongoing compliance.
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BlogFASB finalizes minor edits to major new lease rules
As companies are about to begin reflecting new lease rules, the Financial Accounting Standards Board has approved some minor edits to the standard that are intended to assure a smooth transition.
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FASB chair dismisses any delay of lease rules
Amid technology challenges and minor changes to the pending new lease accounting rules, FASB is standing firm on the Jan. 1 effective date.
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Lease accounting adoption taps corporate resources
The year-end push to adopt new lease accounting is taking more time and more money than companies expected, according to a new poll by EY.
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Lease accounting adoption still behind, PwC poll says
More than 15 percent of public companies surveyed in late October had not yet begun implementing the new lease accounting standard that takes effect Jan. 1.
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Companies launch year-end push to new lease rules
The Q4 dash to new lease accounting is on, and it’s looking like some companies will not flip the switch to new systems by the Jan. 1 effective date.
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Lease adoption work will spill into 2019, poll suggests
Plenty of companies adopting new lease accounting rules for a Jan. 1, 2019, effective date are likely to continue their implementation work even into the first quarter.
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FASB gives final word on how to account for cloud costs
Unraveling an accounting simplification, companies are returning to an older way to account for software costs associated with certain cloud computing arrangements.
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FASB proposes lease rule simplification for lessors
FASB has taken another step to make the adoption of the huge new standard on lease accounting a little simpler—this time for lessors.
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Angst over lease accounting grows, new polls say
A pair of new poll results suggest anxiety is growing at public companies that have five months remaining until new lease accounting rules take effect.
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SAB 74 disclosures still lag, PwC analysis shows
Investors are not getting much warning about assets and liabilities soon to hit corporate balance sheets as companies prepare to adopt new lease accounting rules.
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CAQ offers tips to audit committees on leasing
The Center for Audit Quality is offering some tips to audit committees on how to query senior management regarding readiness for new lease accounting standards.
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FASB addresses feedback to lease, hedge proposals
FASB has reached some preliminary decisions about how it will revise rules on lease accounting and hedging to address implementation questions.
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New poll shows strains as companies prepare for lease rules
A survey on lease accounting shows some stress in the system as companies wrap up one huge accounting standard adoption and dig into the next one.
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KPMG poll: Much work remains to be ready for lease rules
Companies still have a long way to go to be ready for new lease accounting rules that take effect in 2019, according to a recent KPMG poll.
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FASB approves change to lease rule; more changes coming
FASB has finalized a change to the pending new lease accounting standard meant to make it easier for companies to transition to the new requirements.
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FASB agrees to simplifications to ease into new lease rule
The lease accounting standard is about to get easier to adopt when it takes effect in 2019, but that doesn’t mean companies should slow their preparations.
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SEC comments on leasing expected this year-end
If history is any indicator, companies can expect the SEC to begin scrutinizing disclosures about the pending new lease accounting requirements at this year-end.
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Early revenue adopters report little change to numbers
Early adopters of the new revenue standard are big companies with little change to their reported revenue numbers, but more substantial change to disclosures.