| Issue Date: | 1991-09-01 |
|---|---|
| Revised Date: | 2001-09-01 |
Object Type
Cash — Capital Outlay
Reference
Specific definitions for capitalized, controlled and expensed asset classifications are located in the SPA Process Users Guide.
Description
To record payment for a capital lease of computer equipment.
To qualify as a capital lease, the lease agreement must meet any one of the following criteria:
- The lease transfers ownership of the property to the lessee by the end of the lease term.
- The lease contains a bargain purchase option.
- The lease term is equal to 75 percent or more of the estimated economic life of the lease property.
- The present value of the minimum lease payments at the inception of the lease, excluding executory costs, equals at least 90 percent of the fair value of the lease property.
Expenditure code 7385 includes, but is NOT limited to:
- Computer Equipment (lease purchase)
- Lease Purchase (computer equipment)
Note
This code does NOT include:
- Interest (7802)
- Computer equipment -- capitalized (7379)
- Computer equipment -- controlled (7378)
- Computer equipment -- expensed (7377)
If the asset meets or exceeds the capitalization threshold of $5,000, it must be reported to SPA and in the financial statements as a capital asset.
USAS Values
| Appropriation Year | 25 |
|---|---|
| USAS Title | PERSONAL PROP-COMPUTER EQUIP-CAP LEASE |
| Object Group | 10 – Expenditures |
| USAS Status | A |
| Rev/Exp Category | 13 – CAPITAL OUTLAY |