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Future finance receivable within one year of the balance sheet date.

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Future finance receivable within the fourth year and thereafter following the balance sheet date.

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Future finance receivable within the third year from the balance sheet date.

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Future finance receivable within the second year from the balance sheet date.

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Finance Receivables Maturity [Abstract]

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- References

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The estimate of the lease property's economic value at the end of the direct financing lease term excluding any amounts guaranteed by either the lessee or a third-party.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496975&loc=d3e45377-112738

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