Conceptual changes to lease accounting under IFRS

Bachelor thesis "Conceptual changes to lease accounting under IFRS" deals with reporting of leases under International Financial Reporting Standards. It aims to analyse changes brought by convergence project between IASB and FASB. The thesis goes from historical development of lease standard to existing treatment of leases under IAS 17. Then it describes the reasons for convergence process, focusing on Project Leases. Project brought two exposure drafts and one final standard IFRS 16 adopting term "right-of-use-asset". Final part of the thesis examines financial statements of airlines because they are to be considerably affected by the new standard. Research confirms the popularity of operating leases for airlines and in the end, the impact of the new standard on a specific company is shown.