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What is finance lease?

A lease that transfers ownership economics, meeting any one of five ASC 842 tests. Capitalized with front-loaded expense: interest on the liability plus amortization of the ROU asset.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.