If the lease in a sale-leaseback transaction meets one of the four leasing criteria and is therefore accounted for as a capital lease, who records the asset on its books and which party records interest expense during the lease period?

If the lease in a sale-leaseback transaction meets one of the four leasing criteria and is therefore accounted for as a capital lease, who records the asset on its books and which party records interest expense during the lease period?


Party recording the
asset on its books
Party recording interest expense



a. Seller-lessee Purchaser-lessor
b. Purchaser-lessor Seller-lessee
c. Purchaser-lessor Purchaser-lessor
d. Seller-lessee Seller-lessee







Answer: D


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