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Note 14 - Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Lessee, Operating Leases [Text Block]
NOTE
14
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LEASES
 
We enter into operating lease contracts primarily for land and office space. Arrangements are evaluated at inception to determine whether such arrangements contain a lease. Operating leases include land lease contracts and contracts for the use of office space. In accordance with the transition guidance of ASC
842,
such arrangements are included in our consolidated balance sheet as of
January 1, 2019.
 
Right of use assets, which we refer to as “ROU assets,” represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the respective lease term. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
 
Certain of our operating lease agreements include rental payments based on a percentage of revenue and others include rental payments adjusted periodically for inflationary changes. Percentage rent contracts, in which lease expense is calculated as a percentage of advertising revenue, and payments due to changes in inflationary adjustments are included within variable rent expense, which is accounted for separately from periodic straight-line lease expense.
 
Many operating lease contracts expire; however, we
may
continue to operate the leased assets after the rights and obligations of the lease agreements have expired. Such contracts, once expired, are considered to be leases and future expected payments are included in operating lease liabilities or ROU assets, using a
10
year extension period. Many of our leases entered into in connection with land provide options to extend the terms of the agreements. Generally, renewal periods are included in minimum lease payments when calculating the lease liabilities as, for most leases, we consider exercise of such options to be reasonably certain. As a result, optional terms and payments are included within the lease liability. Our lease agreements do
not
contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
 
The implicit rate within our lease agreements is generally
not
determinable. As such, we use the incremental borrowing rate, which we refer to as "IBR," to determine the present value of lease payments at the commencement of the lease. The IBR, as defined in ASC
842,
is
"the rate of interest that a lessee would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment."
 
Operating Lease Cost
 
Operating lease cost for the year ended 
December 31, 2019
is as follows:
 
   
Year Ended
 
 
   
Ended
 
 
   
December 31, 2019
 
Statement of Operations Classification
           
Lease cost
  $
5,989,314
 
Cost of billboard revenues and general and administrative
Variable and short-term lease cost
  $
1,019,486
 
Cost of billboard revenues and general and administrative
           
Total Lease Cost
  $
7,008,800
 
 
 
Supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases was as follows:
 
   
Year Ended
 
   
Ended
 
   
December 31, 2019
 
         
Cash payments for operating leases
  $
5,776,931
 
New operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities
  $
6,551,279
 
 
Operating Lease Assets and Liabilities
 
   
December 31, 2019
   
Balance Sheet Classification
             
Lease assets
  $
53,249,985
   
Other Assets: Right of use assets
             
Current lease liabilities
  $
3,801,727
   
Current Liabilities: Lease liabilities
Noncurrent lease liabilities
   
48,199,652
   
Long-term Liabilities: Lease liabilities
             
Total Lease Liabilities
  $
52,001,379
   
 
 
Maturity of Operating Lease Liabilities
 
   
December 31, 2019
 
         
2020
  $
6,186,668
 
2021
   
5,833,611
 
2022
   
5,552,963
 
2023
   
5,312,487
 
2024
   
4,923,471
 
Thereafter
   
50,794,820
 
         
Total lease payments
   
78,604,020
 
Less imputed interest
   
(26,602,641
)
         
Present Value of Lease Liabilities
  $
52,001,379
 
 
As of
December 31, 2019
our operating leases have a weighted-average remaining lease term of
16.96
 years and a weighted-average discount rate of
4.86%.
 
The future minimum obligations under operating leases in effect as of 
December 31, 2018
having a noncancellable term in excess of
one
year as determined prior to the adoption of ASC
842
are as follows:
 
2020
  $
4,495,984
 
2021
   
4,148,078
 
2022
   
3,824,585
 
2023
   
3,406,397
 
2024
   
3,287,293
 
Thereafter
   
19,047,366
 
         
Total
  $
38,209,703