Study: Lease Accounting Standards Will Cost, Big-Time

By Erika Morphy

WASHINGTON, DC-The report estimates that proposed standards for lease accounting will result in an increase in liabilities of $1.5 trillion; increased costs of $10.2 billion annually; job losses of over 190,000; and a lowered GDP of $27.5 billion annually.

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