The methods of accounting for a lease by the lessee are:
A. Operating and capital lease methods.
B.Operating sales, and capital lease methods.
C. Operating and finance lease methods.
D. None of these answers are correct.
Answer
A.Operating and Capital lease methods.
Operating lease method is the contract where the asset is leased for a particular period lesser than the economic life of asset wheres as in Capital lease methods all the rights relating to the asset has been transferred to lessee.
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