The "Leased Assets" scenario describes the management of leased assets from the standpoint of the lessee.

Leased assets create special accounting requirements for the lessee, as compared to assets that an enterprise purchases or produces itself. During the term of the lease, leased assets remain the property of the lessor or manufacturer. They represent, therefore, a special form of rented asset. Such assets are legally and from a tax perspective the responsibility of the lessor, and are not relevant for assessing the value of the asset portfolio of the lessee. However, in certain countries, you are nonetheless required to capitalize leased assets, depending on the type of financing.

This scenario makes it possible to handle different types of leased assets differently. Depending on legal restrictions, you can capitalize and depreciate leased assets (capital lease) or post their rent expense periodically to the profit and loss statement (operating lease).

The following objects describe the most important business transactions in the life of a leased asset from the lessee's point of view.