By Jeff Suchocki, CFA The Situation: Adoption of ASC 842 – Lease Accounting is mandatory for all private companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. To comply with this mandatory adoption requirement, a privately held, clinical stage biotech company needed to understand a reasonable discount rate for multiple lease agreements. The company requested
THE PROBLEM: A publicly traded clinical stage biotech company needed to understand the correct implied discount rate for a lease agreement in accordance with ASC 842 rules. THE SOLUTION: ASC 842 has specific rules relating to leases, including guidance on lease classification (operating versus financial) and how to discount a lessee’s lease payments to arrive
THE PROBLEM: A development stage biotechnology company (considering an IPO in the near future) entered into a series of financings which required the valuation of components of the financings deemed to be a derivative for financial reporting purposes. THE SOLUTION: RNA worked with the company and their Big 4 auditor to develop a Monte Carlo