IFRS 16 Lessee - Calculation and Postings

Lessee Contract Posting Steps:

The postings for IFRS 16 usually follow the same pattern, whether it is an office rental, a car lease, or something else.

Posting Steps - Standard Schema 




Sr.No.

Name

Description

Posting

Point in time

1

Initial Right of Use Asset and Lease Liability

The value of the initial Right of Use Asset is the 'present value' of all lease payments during the contract term. A lease payment is a payment that is directly related with the transfer of the leased asset. Payments that are related to other components like services are not classified as lease payments.

Right of Use Asset to Lease Liability

Contract inception

2

Decrease of the Lease Liability

The Lease Liability gets decreased based on the payments during the contract term. Value and point in time are based on the payment itself without considering potential accruals.

Lease Liability to Cash / Lease Expense

Per Payment

3

Interest Expense Posting

The difference between the sum of all payments and the present value (the initial Lease Liability/Right of Use Asset) is the Interest Expense. The Interest Expense is increasing the Lease Liability each month.

Interest Expense to Lease Liability

Per Period

4

Right of Use Asset Depreciation

The Right of Use Asset is getting depreciated linearly in most cases. Every month has the same depreciation as long as there is no contract modification.

Depreciation to Right of Use Asset

Per Period


Example:

Contract data

Contract term in years

 

3

Lease payments per year (prepayment)

 

10,000.00 €

Discount rate

 

3.00%


Calculation*

 

 

 

Present Value at the beginning of the first year

 

29,134.70 €

 

 

 

Present Value at the beginning of the second year

 

19,708.74 €

 

 

 

Present Value at the beginning of the third year

 

10,000.00 €

 

 

 

*The used PV formula is usually only suitable for annual present value calculations.
The next sheet "Template" contains other formulas that are suitable for monthly calculations.


Postings in Year 1

Posting Step

1

Initial Right of Use Asset and Lease Liability

2

Decrease of the Lease Liability

3

Interest Expense Posting

4

Right of Use Asset Depreciation

 

Right of Use Asset

Debit

Credit

29,134.70 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

9,711.57 €


Right of Use Asset Depreciation

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

9,711.57 €

0.00 €


Lease Liability

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

29,134.70 €

10,000.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

574.04 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

 

Interest Expense

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

574.04 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

 

Cash or Lease Expense

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

10,000.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €


Postings in Year 2

Posting Step

2

Decrease of the Lease Liability

3

Interest Expense Posting

4

Right of Use Asset Depreciation


Right of Use Asset

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

9,711.57 €


Right of Use Asset Depreciation

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

9,711.57 €

0.00 €


Lease Liability

Debit

Credit

10,000.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

291.26 €

0.00 €

0.00 €


Interest Expense

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

0.00 €

291.26 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

 

 

 

Cash or Lease Expense

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

10,000.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €


Postings in Year 3

Posting Step

2

Decrease of the Lease Liability

3

Interest Expense Posting

4

Right of Use Asset Depreciation


Right of Use Asset

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

9,711.57 €


Right of Use Asset Depreciation

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

9,711.57 €

0.00 €


Lease Liability

Debit

Credit

10,000.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €


Interest Expense

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €


Cash or Lease Expense

Debit

Credit

0.00 €

10,000.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €

0.00 €


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