Belardo Manufacturing is considering a lease to acquire new equipment. The useful life of the asset is $10$ years. Belardo can lease the equipment from Weber City Bank for $$5,000$ per year over an $9-$year period. The lease does not contain a purchase option. There is no transfer of ownership clause in the contract. Should Belardo account for this lease as an operating or a finance lease?

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Begin by identifying any of the Group I criteria that Belardo meets. $($Select all that apnly. If there is insufficient information to determine if a specific criteria is met, do not check the box for that criteria.$)$

The lease transfers ownership to the lessee at the end of the lease term.

The lessee is given an option to purchase the asset that the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise.

The lease term is for a major part of the economic life of the asset.

The present value of the sum of the lease payments and any residual value the lessee guarantees to pay $($that is not otherwise included in the lease payment$)$ is equal to substantially all of the asset's fair value.

The leased asset is of a specialized nature.

The lease does not meet any Group I lease criteria.

This is a$($n$)$ lease for the lessee $($Belardo$)$ because of the Group I criteria is$($are$)$ met.