Note X – Leases (Lessors)

Note X – Leases (Lessors)

A template for this note is not available. See “Instructions to preparer:” for disclosures that may be required.

Instructions to preparer:

Per Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting (Cod.) Section L20 "Leases", a lessor should disclose the following about its lease activities (which may be grouped for purposes of disclosure), other than short-term leases and certain regulated leases:

1. A general description of its leasing arrangements, including the basis, terms, and conditions on which any variable payments not included in the measurement of the lease receivable are determined.

2. The total amount of inflows of resources (for example, lease revenue, interest revenue, and any other lease-related inflows) recognized in the reporting period from leases, if that amount cannot be determined based on the amounts displayed on the face of the financial statements.

3. The amount of inflows of resources recognized in the reporting period for variable and other payments not previously included in the measurement of the lease receivable, including inflows of resources related to residual value guarantees and termination penalties.

4. The existence, terms, and conditions of options by the lessee to terminate the lease or abate payments if the lessor government has issued debt for which the principal and interest payments are secured by the lease payments.

5. A lessor also should provide relevant disclosures for the following transactions, if applicable:

1. Leases of assets that are investments

2. Certain regulated leases

3. Sublease transactions

4. Sale-leaseback transactions

5. Lease-leaseback transactions.

6. In addition to the disclosures above, if a lessor's principal ongoing operations consist of leasing assets to other entities, the government should disclose a schedule of future payments that are included in the measurement of the lease receivable, showing principal and interest separately, for each of the five subsequent fiscal years and in five-year increments thereafter.

Example:

As of December 31, 2020, future lease receivable principal and interest payments are as follows:

7. A lessor with one or more regulated leases, as described in GASB Cod. Sec. L20, should disclose the following about those lease activities (which may be grouped for purposes of disclosure), other than short-term leases:

a. A general description of its agreements.

b. The extent to which capital assets are subject to preferential or exclusive use by counterparties under agreements, by major class of assets and by major counterparty.

c. The total amount of inflows of resources (for example, lease revenue, interest revenue, and any other lease-related inflows) recognized in the reporting period from these agreements, if that amount cannot be deter- mined based on the amounts displayed on the face of the financial statements.

d. A schedule of expected future minimum payments under these agreements for each of the subsequent five years and in five-year increments thereafter.

e. The amount of inflows of resources recognized in the reporting period for variable payments not included in expected future minimum payments.