Deloitte Tohmatsu Group has announced it will provide comprehensive services to support finance and accounting departments in adapting to new lease accounting standards set to take effect in Japan from April 2027.
The services, centred at the Deloitte Tohmatsu Corporate as a Service Operate Center MAEBASHI, will combine accounting expertise with practical application and operational support to ensure compliance with the new regulations.
The forthcoming Japanese lease accounting standards align with International Financial Reporting Standards, requiring lessee operating leases—previously often expensed—to be recognised as assets in most cases.
This shift necessitates significant changes for companies, including managing lease contracts, collecting contract data, addressing accounting challenges, and updating business processes and internal controls, the company said.
Firms will also need to review IT systems, assess impacts on business plans and budgets, adjust key performance indicators, and secure adequate human resources.
To address these requirements, Deloitte Tohmatsu’s service leverages AI-OCR technology to convert lease contracts into text data.
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By GlobalDataGenerative AI then extracts critical details, such as lease fees and contract periods, that impact accounting treatment.
The extracted data is automatically linked to a lease calculation application, which computes right-of-use assets and lease liabilities and generates journal entries for accounting purposes.
The company stated that this approach reduces the workload associated with manually processing large volumes of contracts, entering data into lease systems, and calculating accounting figures.
The Deloitte Tohmatsu Corporate as a Service Operate Center MAEBASHI serves as a hub for addressing corporate department challenges. It draws on the group’s expertise in accounting, risk management, and digital tools, as well as the experience of certified public accountants, tax accountants, and operational managers from shared service departments.
The centre aims to provide integrated support for resolving issues, stabilising corporate functions, and transforming operations for Japanese companies nationwide.
