For a Lessor a Lease Is a?

A lessor is essentially someone who grants a lease to someone else. As such, a lessor is the owner of an asset that is leased under an agreement to a lessee. The lessee makes a one-time payment or a series of periodic payments to the lessor in return for the use of the asset.

Is lessor an owner?

The lessor is the legal owner of the asset or property, and he gives the lessee the right to use or occupy the asset or property for a specific period.

How does a lessor record a lease?

Accounting for the Lease-Lessor

Under an operating lease, the lessor records rent revenue (credit) and a corresponding debit to either cash/rent receivable. The asset remains on the lessor's books as an owned asset. The lessor records depreciation expense over the life of the asset.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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