An operating lease is a type of lease agreement which provides the right to use a given asset but under which ownership of the asset is not transferred.
Barney Consulting decided to finance the rental of its new Vienna office with an operating lease because it wasn’t sure whether the new branch would work out.
Unlike a capital or financial lease, an operating lease typically covers a short period relative to the useful life of the leased asset and does not involve the transfer of ownership rights. Accounting standards such as GAAP and IFRS specify exact criteria for classifying leases as capital or operating. Assets under operating lease are reported in the off-balance sheet and their associated expenses may be tax-deductible.
Operační leasing je typ leasingové smlouvy, která poskytuje právo využívat dané aktivum, ale podle které se nepřevádí vlastnictví daného aktiva.
Společnost Barney Consulting se rozhodla financovat svou novou vídeňskou kancelář pomocí operativního leasingu, protože si nebyla jistá, jestli se nové pobočce bude dařit.
Operační leasing, na rozdíl od kapitálového nebo finančního leasingu, obvykle pokrývá relativně krátké období oproti životnosti půjčeného aktiva a nezahrnuje převod vlastnických práv od pronajímatele. Účetní standardy jako GAAP a IFRS uvádějí přesná kritéria pro klasifikaci leasingu jako kapitálový nebo operační. Aktiva v operačním leasingu jsou vykazována v podrozvaze a související výdaje mohou být odečitatelné z daní.
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