Disclosure of future minimum lease payments for capital leases and operating leases, plus information on sublease income.

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Tabular disclosure of rental expense from operating leases for each period for which an income statement is presented with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 20

-Publisher FASB

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-Article

-Subparagraph

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 50

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41499-112717

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