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IFRS 16:
Definition of a Lease
Sarah Geisman, Technical Manager, IASB
Kathryn Donkersley, Technical Manager, IASB
Contracts that
Definition of a lease
contain both lease
1 requirements in 3 and service
IFRS 16
components
Comparison to
2 previous
requirements in IAS
17 and IFRIC 4
Identified
Asset Right to
Control
the Use
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Definition of a Lease: Overview 3
OR
eg: Only one asset available
that is capable of being
Specified IMPLICITLY
used to meet the contract
terms
AND
Supplier would
ie: benefits of substituting
benefit economically exceed costs
from substituting
Right to obtain
substantially all Right to
ECONOMIC DIRECT THE USE
BENEFITS and of the identified
from use of the asset asset throughout the
throughout the period period of use
of use
Lessee: Lessor:
Allocate based on relative stand- Allocate based on
alone prices requirements in IFRS 15
Estimation is permitted
Optional practical expedient:
account for a lease component and
any associated non-lease
components as a single lease
component
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Further information 13
Leases website
http://www.ifrs.org/Current-Projects/IASB-Projects/Leases
Leases implementation page
http://www.ifrs.org/Current-Projects/IASB-Projects/leases-
implementation/Pages/IFRS-16-Leases-Implementation.aspx