Oakland Inc. signs a contract with Ashton Ltd. on January 1, 2021 to lease equipment to Ashton. The following information relates to the agreement. The term of the non-cancellable lease is five years, with no renewal option. The equipment has an estimated economic life of seven years. The fair value of the equipment on January 1, 2021 is $500,000. The asset will revert to the lessor at the end of the lease term, at which time the asset is expected to have a residual value of $100,000, which is not guaranteed. Ashton Limited assumes direct responsibility for all executory costs, which include the following annual amounts: $900 to Rocky Mountain Insurance Ltd. for insurance and $1,600 to James Township for property taxes. The agreement requires equal annual rental payments from Ashton to Oakland beginning on January 1, 2021. The lessee's incremental borrowing rate is 10%. The lessor's implicit rate is 8% and is not known to the lessee. Ashton Limited uses the straight-line depreciation method for all equipment Round all amounts to the nearest dollar.

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Had Ashton followed ASPE, what kind of lease would it have been for Ashton? Why?