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    calcualte deferred rent: Original post by Matt McGew of Demand Media When renting commercial properties, landlords often offer discounts at the beginning of the lease. This results in a graduated lease schedule requiring increasing lease payments over the term of the lease. Generally accepted accounting principles, however, require businesses to record lease payments using a straight line accounting method that averages…

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