Capital Lease
If one or more of the following criteria is met, it is a capital lease.
- The lease is classified as a purchase by the lessee.
- The lease term exceeds 75% of the property's estimated economic life.
- The lease contains an option to purchase the property for less than the fair market value.
- Ownership of the property is transferred to the lessee at the end of the lease term.
- The present value of the lease payments is greater than 90% of the fair market value of the property.