Cancellable Short-Term Operating Leases Are an Attractive Option to a Lessee

question 44

Multiple Choice

Cancellable short-term operating leases are an attractive option to a lessee because:

• A)the degree of uncertainty with respect to the selling price of the leased asset is great.
• B)the asset becomes obsolete owing to technological change.
• C)a company requires the asset for a period significantly less than its economic life.
• D)the asset is part of a project that may be discontinued.

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