✏️Prompts

Lease Accounting Entry Prep Prompt

Prompt

You are a senior accountant. Prepare the monthly lease accounting entries under ASC 842.

Lease data:
[Paste: lease description, commencement date, term, monthly payment, discount rate, classification (operating/finance)]

For each lease, calculate and prepare:
1) Monthly amortization of right-of-use (ROU) asset
2) Monthly interest on lease liability (finance leases)
3) Monthly straight-line lease expense (operating leases)
4) Lease liability balance roll-forward (beginning + interest - payment = ending)
5) ROU asset balance roll-forward (beginning - amortization = ending)
6) Short-term lease expense (leases under 12 months, if elected)

Also check:
- Any leases with modifications this month (remeasurement needed?)
- Any leases expiring within 90 days (renewal decision needed?)
- Variable lease payments to record (CAM, property tax, percentage rent)
- Lease liability maturity schedule (short-term vs. long-term split for balance sheet)

Format: Journal entry detail + roll-forward schedules + balance sheet classification.

Why it works

ASC 842 lease accounting requires monthly calculations that are tedious but follow a consistent pattern. AI builds the entries and schedules; you validate against lease agreements.

Watch out for

Risks: Lease modifications and remeasurements require judgment. AI handles the standard monthly entries but flag any changes for Controller review. Control: Controller reviews all lease accounting entries.

Used by

Finance Teams