When faced with an obligation to restore a long-lived asset or the environment surrounding it to its original condition, the proper accounting treatment is dependent upon whether the obligation is an asset retirement obligation (ARO) or an environmental obligation...
Have you ever entered into an operating lease for a building, constructed leasehold improvements, and determined based on the provisions of the lease that you are legally obligated to remove the leasehold improvements at the end of the lease? If so, then you had an...