2024 Topic 842: Understanding the New Lease Accounting Standard

Overview

It’s a whole new world for lessees under ASC topic 842.  Soon nearly all leases will need to be disclosed as a liability on the balance sheet – from buildings right down to autos and copiers.  Although the greatest impact will be on large entities, this will affect the financial statements of small and mid-size entities as well.  This program will dive into the new standard on leases, effective dates, and address what you need to know now.

Highlights

• What is a lease?
• Recognition and measurement of lease assets and liabilities
• Impact on lessors and lessees
• Disclosures and transition rules
• Effective dates

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Practitioners and members in industry seeking a better understanding of the new lease accounting rules effective for private companies

Objectives

• Apply the new financial accounting concepts of leases
• Gain a working knowledge of accounting rules as they apply to leases

Preparation

None

Notice

This course is provided by a third-party vendor. Please note that login instructions will not be available in the ‘My Upcoming CPE’ section of the NESCPA website. Instead, the login instructions will be sent directly to you via email by ACPEN. Upon completing the course, your hours will be recorded in the ‘My CPE Tracker’ section of the NESCPA website.