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Lease
Lease is a contractual agreement whereby the right to use an asset for a particular period of time is provided by the owner of the asset to the user of the asset. The owner, who possesses the asset, is termed as ‘Lessor’ and user, to whom the right is transferred to, is termed as ‘Lessee’.
Sales-type lease/Finance lease
Sales type/Finance lease in parallel type of direct financing whereby the owner (lessor) purchases the equipment to lease it and received the interest revenue over the period of lease for equipment, apart from the recognition of profit from sale of equipment.
Operating Lease
This type of lease refers to the lease where the lessor permits the lessee to make use of the asset for a specified time period by charging rent without actual transfer of ownership of the asset which is leased. This type of lease cancellable and is of short term.
To Determine: when a sale-leaseback transaction occurs, if the leaseback is considered to be an operating lease, and the lease payments and sales price are at fair value, then how the gain on sale is treated.

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