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In relation to operating leases, which of the following statements is not true?

1. The lessee has not taken on the risks and rewards incidental to ownership2. The leased item is not shown as an asset in the lessee's financial statements3. The lease payments are recognized as an expense in the lessee's financial statements4. The leased item is not shown as an asset in the lessor's financial statements

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Date Posted: 2013/08/28
SHEMEEM S
by SHEMEEM S , FINANCIAL ANALYST , INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK

The4th satetment is wrong. Leased item must be shown as an asset in Lessor's Financial statment. Because, there is no transfer of ownership in Operating Lease, only the possession of the asset is changed.

Muhammad Awais Ali
by Muhammad Awais Ali , Performance Manager , Gladstone Wiz Ltd

1. The lessee has not taken on the risks and rewards incidental to ownership

Mohammed  Mohammed
by Mohammed Mohammed , Senior SAP Consultant , Abyat Mega Store

Option4 is correct becoz asset has to be shown in lessors financial sstatement

#4 is incorrect.

The asset remains with the Lessor.

Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud
by Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud , Chartered Accountant # 10465 , Self-employed

#4 The leased item is not shown as an asset in the lessor's financial statements

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