IFRS 16, Leases
for industry SPECIFIC application training and application click link IFRS 16, LEASES. IFRS 16. Leases was brought in to remedy to non-recognition of liabilities for assets held under operation leases. A lease is a contract, or part of contract, that conveys the right to use an asset, the underlying asset for a period of time in exchange of consideration. A contract is, or contains, a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange of consideration. The contract may contain other elements which are not leases, such as a service contract. These other components must be separated out from the lease and separately accounted for, allocating the consideration on the basis of the stand-alone prices of the lease and non-lease components. The right ot control the use of an identified asset depends on the lessee having. (a) The right to obtain substantially all the economic benefits from use of the identified asset