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Balance sheet

Current capital lease obligations

The portion of finance (capital) lease liabilities coming due within the next year.

When a company leases equipment or property on terms that amount to a financed purchase, accounting puts the asset on the balance sheet with a matching lease liability beside it. The current portion is the slice due within twelve months.

Treat it as debt: the payments are fixed and owed regardless of how business goes. Separating it out matters most for lease-heavy businesses, retailers, airlines, telecoms, where lease commitments can rival actual borrowings and hide real leverage from anyone reading only the debt lines.

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