OPERATING LEASES - THE LLP AS LESSEE
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of comprehensive income on a straight line basis over the lease term
Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straigh line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset
LEASED ASSETS - THE LLP AS A LESSOR
Where assets leased to a third party give rights approximating to ownership (finance lease), the lessor recognises as a receivable an amount equal to the net investment in the lease i.e the minimum lease payments receivable under the lease discounted at the interest rate implicit in the lease. This receivable is reduced as the lessee makes capital payments over the term of the lease
A finance lease gives rise to two types if income: profit or loss equivalent to the profit or loss resulting from outright sale of the asset being leased, at normal selling prices, reflecting any applicable discounts , and finance over the lease term