GENERATION INCOME PROPERTIES, INC. New Standards Disclosure
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In July 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2021-05 establishing Topic 842, Lessors – Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments. The amendments in this update affect lessor lease classification. Lessors should classify and account for a lease as an operating lease if both of the following criteria are met: (1) have variable lease payments that do not depend on a reference index or a rate and (2) would have resulted in the recognition of a selling loss at lease commencement if classified as sales-type or direct financing. This update should result in similar treatment under the current Topic 842 as under the previous Topic 840 and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The adoption of this standard will not have a material impact to the Company's financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or related footnote disclosures as the Company's customary lease terms do not result in sales-type or direct financing classification, although future leases may.
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