Lease Accounting Survey June 2016 www.pwc.com/us/leasingsurvey
Lease Accounting Survey
June 2016
www.pwc.com/us/leasingsurvey
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About this survey
What will be the impacts from the sweeping changes to lease accounting finalized by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)? How are companies preparing for the coming changes?
To find out, PwC and CBRE surveyed executives from organizations’ accounting, finance and real estate functions about actions they are considering to prepare for the new standards. Key findings from the survey, summarized here, reveal the challenges ahead and steps companies are taking now.
Responses were collected through an open, online survey between March and April of 2016. More than 500 executives responsible for lease accounting or lease management from across a wide range of industries participated in the survey.
Top findings and interactive tools online
Visit our 2016 Lease Accounting Survey – top findings page online for access to:
• Interactive data explorer
• Video interviews with PwC leasing specialists
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Table of contents
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Demographic information
• Job title …………………………………………………………. 4
• Industry ………………………………………………………… 5
• Basis of accounting .………………………………………... 6
• Familiar with standards ………………………………….. 7
Character of lease/real estate portfolio
• Real estate assets leased ………………………..………… 8
• Non-real estate assets leased …………………………… 9
• Size (square feet) of real estate portfolio ...………… 10
• Percentage of real estate owned ...…………………….. 11
• Types of leases ...…………………………………………….. 12
• Percentage of leases based in US ...…………………… 13
Leasing strategy
• Change in lease vs. buy strategy .………………………... 14
• Lease vs. buy drivers ………………………………………… 15
• Change to length of lease termsor square feet leased ……………………….………………… 16
Lease management
• Data centralized/dispersed ……………………………….. 17
• Tracking system …………………………………………....... 18
• Abstraction system …………………………………………… 19
• Software solution …………………………………………….. 20
• Change to process or approvals …………………………. 21
Approach to new standards
• When begin implementation …………………………….. 22
• Difficulty of implementation issues ……………………. 23
• Transition reliefs ……………………………………………… 24
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What best describes your job title?
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6%
15%
2%
48%
29%
Real estate staff
Accounting/Finance staff
Real estate director/Manager
Accounting/Finance director/Manager
CFO/Controller
Real Estate Staff
Accounting/Finance Staff
Real Estate Director/Manager
Accounting/Finance Director/Manager
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Which of the following best describes your company’s primary industry?
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12%
3%
10%
11%
6%
2%
4%
14%
1%
8%
15%
4%
8% Other
Transportation
Technology
Retail & Consumer
Real Estate
Professional Services
Pharma/life Science
Manufacturing
Hospitality/Leisure
Healthcare
Financial Services
Entertainment/Media/Communications
Energy/Utilities
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Please indicate which basis of accounting your company is required to report under (select all that apply):
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93%
16%
12%
3%
US GAAP
IFRS
Local country GAAP
Other
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
(Respondents were allowed to choose multiple answers so results do not total 100%.)
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How familiar are you with the new lease accounting standards and their requirements?
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6%
73%
21%Not at all familiar
Some familiarity
Very familierVery familiar
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How many real estate assets are leased?
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2%2%
7%
30%
59%
10,000 or more
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
100 - 999
< 100
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How many non-real estate assets are leased?
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6%
4%
11%
25%
54%
10,000 or more
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
100 - 999
< 100
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What is the approximate size (square feet) of your combined real estate portfolio, both owned and leased?
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27%
6%
5%
26%
36%
Not sure
> 25M sq. ft.
10M-25M sq. ft
1M-9,999,999 sq. ft…
< 1M sq. ft.
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Approximately what percentage of your real estate portfolio is owned (based on square footage)?
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18%
4%
23%
32%
23%
Not sure
100%
51 - 99%
< 50%
0
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Do you have the following types of lease arrangements?
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2%
2%
6%
16%
18%
26%
28%
30%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Private REITs
Synthetic leases
Leveraged leases
Embedded lease contracts within supply or otherexecutory arrangements
Operating company/ property company("OpCo/PropCo") transactions
Related party lease transactions
Build-to-suit arrangements
Sale-leaseback arrangements
(Respondents were allowed to choose multiple answers so results do not total 100%.)
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What percentage of your leases are based in the US?
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6%
69%
6%
8%
11% Not sure
> 75%
51 - 75%
26 - 50%
< 25%
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As a result of the new standards, do you expect your company’s lease vs. buy strategy to change?
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50%
68%
34%
24%
16%
8%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Non-real estate
Real estate
Yes Unsure No
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What drives your company’s decision to lease vs. buy assets?
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(Respondents were allowed to choose multiple answers so results do not total 100%.)
16%
5%
11%
12%
27%
40%
56%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Not sure
Other
Tax purposes
Off-balance sheet treatment
It is not feasible to own the asset
Allows flexibility in using the asset
Better use of capital
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Do you expect your organization to reduce the square footage leased and/or the average lease term as a result of the new lease accounting?
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38%
2%
10%
50%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Not sure
Square footage of new leases
Average lease term of new leases
No
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Does your organization have all its lease agreements and related accounting centralized or geographically dispersed?
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3%
39%
58%
Not sure
Decentralized
Centralized
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Which of the following best describes the primary system used for tracking leases and lease accounting?
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June 2016
4%
68%
6%
22%Other
Spreadsheets
ERP
Lease management system
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How do you currently abstract the key terms from your lease agreements?
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June 2016
3%8%
5%
84%
Other
Thrid party
Abstracting technology
Manually
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Have you selected a software solution to accommodate the new leasing requirements?
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June 2016
10%
14%
66%
10%Not sure
Evaluating vendors
No
Yes
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How do you expect the process and/or level of approvals necessary for leases considered material to change as aresult of the new standards?
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30%
1%
26%
43%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Not sure
Shorter approval process
Lengthier approval process
No change expected
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When does your company expect to begin implementation of the new standard and the related requirements?
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11%
2%
3%
14%
41%
29%
Not sure
2019
2018
2017
Later in 2016
Already started
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For each of the following implementation considerations, please rate the potential difficulty level for:
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6%
18%
4%
10%
25%
3%
19%
55%
53%
41%
51%
50%
41%
54%
32%
22%
34%
35%
19%
53%
25%
7%
7%
21%
4%
6%
3%
2%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Disclosures
Resources
Tax impacts
Controls
Systems
Accounting ploicy
Data collection
Accounting policy
Very difficult Somewhat difficult Difficult Unsure
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FASB rules provide companies with certain specified reliefs upon transition that must be elected as a package and applied to all of a lessee's leases. Do you expect your company will take advantage of the specified reliefs upon adopting the new leasing standard?
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2%
52%
9%
37%
Not applicable (IFRS.only)
Not sure
No
Yes
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PwC contacts
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Henri Leveque
Capital Markets & Accounting Advisory Services Leader, PwC's Deals Practice
Tel: +1 (678) 419 3100
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Chad Kokenge
Partner, Deals, Accounting Advisory Services Leader
Tel: +1 (646) 471 4684
Sheri Wyatt
Managing Director, Deals, Accounting Advisory Services
Tel: +1 (312) 298 2425
To have a deeper conversation about how the new lease accounting standards impact your organization, please contact your PwC representative or one of our lease accounting specialists:
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CBRE contacts
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Jeff Beatty
Senior Managing DirectorCBRE/Financial Consulting GroupDirector, Lease Accounting Task Force
Tel: +1 (602) 735 5608
Phil Kelloff
Americas Leader, Portfolio ServicesCBRE/Global Workplace Strategies
Tel: +1 (415) 772 0276
Brandon Forde
Accounts Leader for the AmericasCBRE/Occupier Advisory & Transaction Services
Tel: +1 (404) 504 7884
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