The FASB-IASB Convergence Project on Leases Resulted in the Following

The FASB-IASB convergence project on leases resulted in the following:

A) Lease accounting will be the same under IFRS and under U.S. GAAP in that lessors and lessees will capitalize all leases as finance leases and treat them as such in the measurement of income.
B) Lessor and lessee accounting will be the same under IFRS and under U.S. GAAP in that lessors will capitalize all leases and lessees will capitalize some leases as finance leases but treat others as operating leases.
C) Lease accounting will differ in that under IFRS lessees will capitalize some leases as finance leases and others as operating leases, while under U.S. GAAP lessees will capitalize all leases as finance leases but treat them as traditional operating leases in the measurement of net income.
D) Lease accounting will be similar under IFRS and U.S. GAAP for lessees but will differ for lessors in their treatment of the measurement of net income.
E) Lease accounting will differ for lessees in that, under IFRS, all leases will be treated as finance leases both on the balance sheet and in the measurement of net income, and under U.S. GAAP lessees will capitalize operating leases on the balance sheet similar to finance leases but will treat them as traditional operating leases in the measurement of income.