Benefits of Leasing
Leasing keeps your bank lines and other credit sources available to meet short term requirements:
Fixed Rate Financing
Payments do not change – You know what your expense is each month
Equipment Earns its Keep
You pay for the equipment as the equipment benefits you. Just as you want to control operating costs, leasing helps you control your equipment costs
Makes More Equipment Available
Since you can arrange payments according to your cash flow, leasing allows you the use of a greater amount of equipment for a given dollar allocation.
Leasing Versus Bank Versus Outright Purchase
SHOULD I LEASE, SHOULD I BORROW THE MONEY FROM MY BANK OR SHOULD I JUST PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT? Every situation is different and therefore, each situation must be evaluated on an individual basis.
Lease Financing
- Leasing provides fixed rate financing
- Leasing allows you to keep your credit Iines open
- With leasing, you pay for the equipment as it benefits you -- not before
- Leasing affords you the opportunity to provide state of the art equipment to your clientele
Utilizing Your Bank Lines
If you have a line of credit at your bank with an attractive fixed interest rate and you are confident that you will not need to use the line for any other situations, it may make sense to finance your equipment through the bank. However, many business people utilize leasing companies to acquire equipment in order to keep their line of credit available for working capital, expansion possibilities or any other situation that may arise which requires quick cash.
Paying Cash
Cash, if invested wisely, can provide great income opportunities. Therefore using your cash to pay for depreciable assets such as equipment may not be the right choice for you.
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Capital Conversation
- 100% Financing
- Tax Timing/payout of pretax income
- Long term - modest payments
- Amortize non-financeable costs
- Flexible structuring
- Cash flow improvement
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Cost Allocation
- No hidden or indirect expenses
- Allocate costs to your contract
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Budget Expansion
- Turns capital expenditure into operating expense
- Profit immediately from use of needed equipment
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Hedge Against Inflation Profit Generation
- Reinvest conserved capital
- Compounded earnings
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Stucturing Variation
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Time Utilization
- Utilize time value of money
- Defer "capital" expenditure
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Credit Preservation
- Alternate source of financing
- Preserve bank lines
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Obsolescence Protection
- Match lease terms with useful life
- Trade-ups
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