NetLease - Create a New Lease Record

Use Case: These steps can be followed to create a new lease record


Note: Video created prior to NetLease 2022.1 Release


STEP BY STEP PROCESS

  • Select NetLease > Lease Management > New Lease
  • A blank New NetLease Lease Form appears, from which you can create a new lease.

  • In order to review an existing lease, you can select the List link in the top right to search for or select an existing lease record.
  • Manually update the Primary Information section and fields as indicated below:

Field Name

Required

Description

Example

Lease ID

Auto-generated

A unique ID for the lease and the primary identifier within NetLease for the lease record.

LA00370

Lease Name

Yes

Free form input for NetLease users. This can be used for the lessor’s contract # or other identifying information for the leased asset.

17 Cherry Tree Lane, London KY

Lease Type

Yes

Assign the lease type from the drop-down list, which are defined as part of global settings.

Real Estate

Lease Classification

Yes

US GAAP Companies select from Operating or Financing; IFRS Companies always select Financing.

Financing

Subsidiary

Yes

The subsidiary where the ROU asset and Lease Liability will reside.

Company, Inc.

Vendor

Yes

The Lessor for the leased asset. This is the vendor to whom lease vendor bills will be paid.

McGeever Properties

Currency

Yes

The contract currency for the lease, typically the currency in which payments will be made. This defaults to the Vendor’s primary currency.

US Dollar

Lease Notes

No

A text area field to include any relevant notes or lease-related information.

NNN; no renewal

  • Also update the Schedule Information form section and fields as indicated below 

Field Name

Required

Description

Example

Status

Yes

Pending = tables can be generated, but journals cannot. 

Commenced = the lease is commenced and ready for journal entries. 

Pending Close Out = the lease is complete pending close out of ROU Asset Balances. 

Complete = the lease has reached termination date. 

Terminated = the lease was terminated early.

Commenced

Commencement Date

Yes

The date on which a lessor makes an underlying asset available for use by a lessee.

01-Jan-2019

Lease Term

 

Yes

 

The anticipated duration (in months) of the lease (i.e., noncancelable period adjusted for options the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise).

 

36

End Date

 

Calculated

 

The anticipated ending date of the lease, which is calculated (commencement date + lease term).

 

31-Dec-2021

 

Initial Lease Payment

Yes

Payments made by a lessee for the leased asset. For fixed payment leases, this represents the monthly payment for the duration of the lease. For variable payments (any NOT paid monthly at a fixed rate), this represents the first payment following commencement.

$8,000.00

Discount Rate %

Yes

The annual discount rate used to determine the present value of the lease liability calculations (i.e., implicit rate of lease or incremental borrowing rate).

5.0%

Prepaid Lease Payment

 

No

 

Any lease payments made before the commencement date (increases ROU asset; offset to ROU clearing).

 

$8,000.00

 

Initial Direct Costs

No

Incremental costs of obtaining a lease that would not have been incurred if the lease had not been obtained
(increases ROU asset; offset to ROU clearing).

$500.00

Lease Incentives

 

No

Payments made by a lessor to a lessee associated with a lease, or the reimbursement or assumption by a lessor of costs of a lessee
(reduces ROU asset; offset to ROU clearing).

 

$1,000.00

 

Asset Balance

Calculated

The ROU Asset Balance of the current period.

$274,425.61

Liability Balance

Calculated

The Liability Balance of the current period.

$266,925.61

Net Balance

Calculated

Asset Balance – Liability Balance

$7,500.00 

  • If your lease has regular increases to payments, you can use our Payment Uplifts article to learn how to configure those payment increases.
  • Click Save to establish the lease and generate a Lease ID
  • The saved lease record header details may appear as follows




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