Guideline PSG 5 - Sale-leaseback transactions

Effective date:

April 1, 2005

Published by the PSAB:

June 2005

Overview 

The purpose of this Guideline is to define a sale-leaseback transaction and describe how to account for such transactions when the leaseback involves either a leased tangible capital asset or an operating lease.

A sale-leaseback transaction is the sale of property by a government and the leasing of the same property, or a portion thereof, back to the government.

The "components" approach is adopted to account for a sale-leaseback transaction.  [PSG 5.5]  The components approach assumes that the sale and leaseback can be separated objectively by comparing the terms and conditions of the sale-leaseback to its related fair value information. The comparison enables each component part of the transaction to be accounted for according to its economic substance. The components of a sale-leaseback transaction include the property, lease liability, revenues and expenses (including gains and losses), and any other assets or liabilities that may result from the transaction.

History of Guideline PSG 5

Date

Development

Comments

June 2005

New Guideline

This new Guideline relates to sale-leaseback transactions.

February 2007

Amendments

Editorial revisions.

Note: The above summary does not include details of consequential amendments made as the result of other projects.

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