It will show in both sections assets and liabilities , in Accounting world debits equal credits to balance off Assets= liabilities +equity So if leases show up as liabilities they must be shown as assets as well so net effect on Financial would be literally zero The reason they do it so investors can clearly make decisions while comparing different companies and access their balance sheets and predict cash flow for next 5 years That’s it no more no less
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