In Lucanet Lease Accounting, a lease contract is a formal agreement between the lessor and the lessee that transfers the right to control the use of an identified asset for a defined period of time in exchange for compensation.

The contract defines the conditions under which the lease is performed, including details of the parties involved and the term of the lease.

Contracts are created and configured in the workspace of the same name.

As an alternative to manual creation, contracts can also be added by importing a CSV file (see Automatically importing data).

Lucanet Lease Accounting can only be used for accounting of regular leases in accordance with IFRS 16.3-4. Short-term and low-value leases are not included in the calculation.

As such, we recommend only using this software to record leases that are categorized as regular per IFRS 16.3-4.

The Contracts workspace in Lease Accounting displays all the contracts that have already been created.

Use the Active and Archived buttons if you only want to see active or archived contracts:

Shows the 'Contracts' workspace in Lucanet Lease Accounting with the 'Reporting entity' drop-down list, the 'Active' and 'Archived' buttons, the 'Add contract' button, and a table with the columns 'Contract ID', 'Contract number', 'Lessor company code', 'Lessor', 'Lessee OID', 'Lessee', 'Start date', and 'End date'. Highlighted in red are the 'Contracts' workspace in the 'Data collection' navigation and the 'Active' and 'Archived' buttons.
The 'Contracts' workspace

To create a new contract in Lease Accounting, click Add contract.

In the displayed dialog, configure the options for the New Contract as described in Configuring a Contract in Lease Accounting.

When configuring a contract in Lease Accounting, the following options are available:

The following notes apply to the fields of a contract in Lease Accounting:

  • Fields marked with a * are mandatory fields. The number of mandatory fields in each tab and how many have already been filled in is displayed next to the name of the tab:

    Shows the 'General information' tab name with the counter '4/4' in Lucanet Lease Accounting. Highlighted in red is the counter of mandatory fields.

  • Fields that have been grayed out cannot be edited. They are filled in automatically based on the information in Lease Accounting.

Shows the 'General information' tab of a new contract in Lucanet Lease Accounting with the 'Lessor' drop-down list set to '12345 - Vehicles CO.', the 'Contract number' field set to '12345678', the 'Reporting entity' field set to 'Reduction - Scope', the 'Country or region' field set to 'Germany', the 'Contract owner' field set to 'Owner', and the 'Contract file' section with the 'Attach file' link.
The 'General Information' tab

The following table describes the options on the General information tab of a contract in Lease Accounting:

OptionDescription
LessorLessor of the contract

Note: All lessors that have been created or imported in Lease Accounting are available for selection.
Contract numberThe contract number provided by the lessor.

Note: If you are the lessee and do not know the lessor’s contract number, enter a contract number of your own ( company number- individual contract number; e.g.: 4144 - 9933754).
Reporting entityReporting entity acting as the lessee for the contract in question
Country or regionDisplays the lessee’s country or region
Contract ownerContact person or line manager for queries relating to the contract in question
Contract fileAllows uploading, viewing, and removing contract files (primarily PDF format) when creating or editing a contract.

In view mode, files can only be downloaded.

After a contract file has been attached to a contract, an attachment icon Attachment icon appears next to the Contract ID in the Contract overview table.
Shows the 'Contract specific information' tab of a new contract in Lucanet Lease Accounting with the fields 'Commencement date of the contract' and 'End date of the contract' in the format 'DD-MM-YYYY', and the 'Cancel' and 'Save' buttons.
The 'Contract specific information' tab

The following table describes the options on the Contract specific information tab of a contract in Lease Accounting:

OptionDescription
Start date of the contractStart date of the lease contract

Note: The start dates of the lease components may differ from the start date of the lease contract itself.
End date of the contractEnd date of the lease contract, not including any extension and/or termination options.

Note: If the contract does not have a fixed term, enter the earliest date on which both parties can terminate the contract without incurring significant termination fees. If in doubt, use the statutory termination date, where applicable.
Shows the 'Additional information' tab of a new contract in Lucanet Lease Accounting with the 'Comment' text box and the 'Cancel' and 'Save' buttons.
The 'Additional Information' tab

Use the Additional information tab to add comments on the contract in a plain text box.

This content was generated using AI and reviewed by Lucanet subject matter experts before publication.