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The lease term is the contractual lease term modified by any renewal or termination options that are reasonably certain to be exercised or not exercised. Options whose exercise is under the control of the lessor are automatically included. Lease payments include payments resulting from those options as well as excess guaranteed residual values. The calculation of the present value of lease payments at the beginning of the lease does not include any variable lease payments, unless those payments are “in-substance fixed payments” or if they are based solely on an index or rate. Knowledge Check 01 Assume that a lessee had no significant economic incentive as of the beginning of a 10-year lease for a storefront to exercise an option to terminate the lease after 5 years. However, by the end of the fourth year, the lessee has decided to close the store within the next year, making termination of the lease “reasonably certain.” At the end of the fourth year, the lessee would: Note: Select all that apply.