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ASC 842 — 220 Market St, SF · Q4 2025 ✓ Generated
Acme Holdings, Inc.
Technical Accounting Memorandum
To: Audit File
Date: Dec 31, 2025
From: Controller
Topic: ASC 842 Classification
Applicable Guidance

ASC 842-10-25-2

ASC 842-10-25-2
Finance Lease Classification Criteria
A lessee shall classify a lease as a finance lease if any of the following criteria are met at lease commencement: (a) transfer of ownership, (b) purchase option reasonably certain...
ASC 842-20-25-1 ASC 842-20-30-1

Classification Analysis

None of the five criteria under ASC 842-10-25-2 are met. Title does not transfer; no purchase option exists; the 60-month term represents 16.7% of the 30-year economic life of office space (below the Company's 75% major part threshold)...

Conclusion

The lease is classified as an operating lease under ASC 842-20-25-1. IBR of 5.75% applied per Company Lease Policy Memo dated Feb 10, 2026.

Generated in 22 minutes · Cited per approved policy · Saved to memo library
Company Policy Profile — ASC 842 Approved
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Portfolio · Collateralized
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75% / 90%
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Short-term · Combine
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2+ factors required
5
No threshold
Approved by Controller · Feb 10, 2026 · Referenced by all lease memos
Context loaded: ASC 842-10-25-2(c) — Finance lease Criterion C
I'm loaded with ASC 842-10-25-2(c). The "major part" threshold isn't defined by FASB — your policy sets it at 75%. What would you like to know?
Our lease is 7 years on a building — does it pass criterion C?
For office space, your policy uses a 30-year economic life. 7 years ÷ 30 = 23.3% — well below your 75% threshold. Criterion (c) is not met per ASC 842-10-25-2(c) and your Company Policy Memo.
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No more blank Word docs. Set your policy once, run individual leases through structured intake, review the draft, export to auditors.

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Set Company Policy

Complete the Policy Profile once: IBR methodology, classification thresholds, practical expedients, renewal framework. Generate your standing ASC 842 policy memo. Approve it. Done — every lease memo references it from here on.

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02

Upload & Answer

Upload the lease agreement or amendment. Answer 15–20 guided questions. Folio extracts key terms and pre-populates what it can. Use the Ask Folio chat to clarify any guidance questions while you work.

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AI Drafts the Memo

The RAG pipeline retrieves actual FASB codification text and constructs a properly structured memo — Background, Guidance, Analysis, Conclusion — with real paragraph citations anchored to your approved policy elections.

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Review, Approve & Export

Your team reviews with inline citation verification — click any ASC reference to see the exact codification text used. Approve. Export a formatted .docx. Share a read-only auditor portal. Done.

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Most memo tools re-establish company policy from scratch on every transaction producing inconsistency auditors notice. Folio separates policy from transaction analysis.

Layer 1 · Set Once
Company Policy Memo
Your standing ASC 842 policy document. Approved once by the Controller. Every individual lease memo references it — never re-argues it.
  • IBR methodology and rate table by term bucket
  • "Major part" and "substantially all" thresholds with basis
  • Practical expedient elections and asset class scope
  • Renewal option framework — factors and minimum threshold
  • Capitalization and disclosure policy
Layer 2 · Per Transaction
Individual Lease Memo
Transaction-specific analysis. Automatically inherits policy context from Layer 1 — IBR rates, thresholds, elections — without re-establishing them.
  • Structured classification decision tree — all 5 criteria
  • Management judgment fields labeled explicitly
  • Initial measurement with pre-computed PV and amortization
  • Journal entries at commencement and first period
  • Disclosure implications under ASC 842-20-50
Individual lease memos cite:
"IBR of 5.75% applied per Company Lease Policy Memo dated Feb 10, 2026"
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The difference between a memo that passes audit and one that doesn't often comes down to whether the citations are real. Folio makes that verifiable in one click.

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ASC 842 Classification Memo · Criterion C Analysis
Classification Analysis

The lease term is 84 months. The economic life of office space is 30 years (360 months) per Company policy. The ratio of lease term to economic life is 23.3%, which is below the Company's "major part" threshold of 75% established in the ASC 842-10-25-2(c) analysis. Criterion (c) is therefore not met.

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ASC 842-10-25-2(c)
Finance Lease — Criterion C: Major Part of Economic Life
The lease term is for the major part of the remaining economic life of the underlying asset. However, if the commencement date falls at or near the end of the economic life of the underlying asset, this criterion shall not be used.

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