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Robert G. Hilbert

CPA, Managing Partner - Assurance

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Lease Accounting: Your Guide Through Change

With the deadline to finalize implementation of the new lease accounting standard approaching for private companies, there are advantages to working with a firm with proven experience assisting companies with conversion to ASC 842. Our team will assist on all aspects of the implementation – from conducting the preliminary impact assessment to analyzing and categorizing existing leases, establishing policies and procedures for ongoing lease activity, addressing technology and infrastructure requirements, and project management. Our detailed plan will focus on potential challenges and risks along the way.

Lease Accounting Implementation Tools (ASC 842)

The process and procedural changes, training, calculations, and the effort involved with implementing ASC 842 can be overwhelming. CohnReznick has extensive experience guiding companies like yours through the ebbs and flows of your organization’s needs.

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FASB update for lessors: Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments

What lessors need to know about Accounting Standard Update 2021-05, Leases (Topic 842): Lessors—Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments (the “ASU”). Read more.

11/8/2021 | Paul Morrissey, Monica Peborde

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Lease accounting standard: Challenges for private companies

In 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued the new lease accounting standard - ASC 842, Leases - that modifies and replaces current financial accounting and reporting of lessees and lessors.

12/21/2021 | Marisa Garcia

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Improvements to related party guidance for variable interest entities

The ASU Update 2018-17 allows that private entities do not need to apply the variable interest entity guidance to common control arrangements if certain criteria are met and if elected, must be applied to all entities that meet the criteria for application. Learn more.

9/13/2022 | Evan Gottfried, Monica Peborde

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The new lease accounting standard: Private entity risks

With the new lease accounting standard on the horizon, private entities need to be evaluating certain risks that may come with it. Read more.

11/9/2021 | Matthew Derba

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Leasing deferral not in the cards, but more relief for non-public entities

Although further deferral of the leases standard is not likely, recently issued ASU 2021-09 provides non-public business entities more flexibility when electing to use an appropriate risk-free discount rate. Learn more.

11/16/2021

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Land easements and Topic 842 – Leases

The FASB specifically decided to include land easements within the scope of Topic 842. Learn more.

6/14/2022 | Monica Peborde, Gordon Chatterton

How far along is your organization with its implementation process?

Based on the stage of the implementation process you are in for the new leasing accounting standard updates, register for our webinar series to help guide you.

The Leasing Standard- Taking Action and Challenges to Consider

Over the next 12 months, private companies will undertake the task of implementing the Financial Accounting Standard Board’s (FASB) new Leasing Standard (ASC 842). While this standard is generally viewed as being less complicated than the new revenue recognition standard (Topic 606), we believe there are unique implementation challenges.

We have not begun to assess our needs or have already developed an implementation strategy.
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We have begun or have completed the implementation of the new standard.

The Leasing Standard- Maintaining Momentum Through the Final Stages

2/21/2019

In our first webinar ‘The Leasing Standard – Taking Action and Challenges to Consider‘, we discussed the challenges private organizations should be cognizant of as they work through the assessment phase of implementing the Financial Accounting Standard Board’s new Leasing Standard (Topic 842).

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Inception to implementation and beyond

Now that we're nearing the home stretch for implementation of, and compliance with, the lease accounting standard (ASC 842), clients are seeking advice on where to start. While many companies are in the process of preparing to comply, others have yet to address it seriously. Our message to our clients – it's time.

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Lease accounting – Back to basics and next steps

7/14/2022

Listen to members of our National Assurance practice for an informative webinar where we’ll get back to lease accounting basics regarding key concerns, processes, and procedures, as well as help you to get on the right path moving forward.

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