Exam 19: Lease and Intermediate-term Financing

Daymark (lessee) wishes to lease a printing press valued at $60,000 from Wrenn Capital (lessor) for a period of 4 years. Wrenn expects to depreciate the press using 3-year MARCS depreciation rates. Actual salvage value is expected to be $8,000 at the end of 4 years. If Wrenn requires a 12% after-tax rate of return on the lease, what is the lessor's amount to be amortized? Assume a marginal tax rate of 40%.

All of the following are true of financial leases except

Paragon Leasing has been approached by Mid-America Trucking Company (MATC) to provide lease financing for a fleet of new tractors. Each tractor will cost $140,000 and will be leased by MATC for 7 years with lease payments made at the beginning of each year. Paragon will depreciate the tractors on a straight-line basis to $0 but the actual market value at the end of 7 years is estimated to be $25,000. What are the required annual beginning-of-year lease payments if Paragon desires to earn a 14% after-tax rate of return? Assume a marginal tax rate of 40%.

In a(n) ____, the lessor receives the entire accelerated depreciation tax shield while making a relatively small equity investment.

Uminum, the world's largest producer of feldspar, is considering leasing a sifter that costs $450,000. The 5 year lease requires 5 beginning of the year payments. The leasing company is depreciating the sifter on a straight-line basis of $90,000 per year to a salvage value of zero, but assumes the actual salvage value at the end of 5 years is expected to be $25,000. If the leasing company desires to earn an 11% after-tax rate of return of the lease, what annual lease payment will they require? Assume a marginal tax rate of 40%.

Daymark (lessee) wishes to lease a printing press valued at $60,000 from Wrenn Capital (lessor) for a period of 4 years. Wrenn expects to depreciate the press using 3-year MARCS depreciation rates. Actual salvage value is expected to be $8,000 at the end of 4 years. Under terms of the lease, payments will be made at the beginning of each of the 4 years. If Wrenn requires a 12% after-tax rate of return on the lease, what is the lease payment that Wrenn will require from Daymark? Assume a marginal tax rate of 40%.

Lease-buy analysis assumes that the alternative to leasing as the source of financing is

Prime Care has approached the leasing department of First City Bank to arrange lease financing for a $1.2 million CAT scanner. The economic life of the scanner is estimated to be 10 years. The estimated salvage value at the end of 10 years is $0. First City plans to depreciate the scanner on a straight-line basis over 10 years. If First City charges a beginning of the year lease payment of $255,395, what after-tax rate of return will the bank earn on the lease? Assume a marginal tax rate of 40%.

Ajax Capital has determined the amount to be amortized on an extruder is $540,000. If the required rate of return is 14%, what will be the total interest received over the life of the lease given that lease payments will be made at the beginning of each of the 7 years of the lease agreement? Assume a marginal tax rate of 40%.

In the net advantage to leasing calculation, after-tax salvage value is discounted at the firm's

All of the following have been cited as advantages of leasing by small businesses except:

All of the following are disadvantages of leasing except

A capital lease is considered a(n) _________________________agreement.

Medarex is considering the lease of an electronic welder costing $210,000 from Key Leasing. The period of the lease will be 6 years. The welder will be depreciated under MACRS rules for a 5-year class asset. Medarex's marginal tax rate is 40%. Annual beginning of the year lease payments will be $50,000. Estimated salvage value is zero. If Medarex's after tax cost of borrowing is 15%, compute the net advantage to leasing. (Problem requires MACRS tables.)

Unilog is considering leasing a computer from UniNet under a 6-year lease. The computer costs $200,000 and will be depreciated as a 5-year MACRS asset. The expected salvage value of the computer after 6 years is $20,000. UniNet's marginal tax rate is 35 percent and its average tax rate is 30%. UniNet requires a 13 percent after-tax rate of return on leases of this type. What annual, pretax, beginning-of-the-year lease payment must Unilog make to UniNet? (Problem requires MACRS depreciation tables.)

Leigh Fibers wishes to lease an automated knitting machine valued at $420,000 from Ogden Capital for a period of 10 years. Ogden expects to depreciate the asset on a straight-line basis to a salvage value of $0. Actual salvage value is also expected to be $0 at the end of the 10-year period. If Ogden requires a 15% after-tax rate of return on the lease, what is the lease payment required from Leigh Fiber? Assume that the lease payments will be made at the beginning of each year and that the marginal tax rate is 40%.

In a leveraged lease, what items secure the mortgage bonds of the lender?

T. Goho (lessee) wishes to lease a $25,000 car for 5 years. First Union Bank (lessor) has agreed to finance this lease and estimated the car will have a salvage value of $10,000 at the end of the lease. If First Union expects to depreciate the car on a straight-line basis to a salvage value of $0, what monthly lease payments will T. Goho have to make, given that First Union requires a 12% annual rate of return (assume a monthly interest rate of 1%)? Assume a marginal tax rate of 40%, and payments at the beginning of each month.

Leasing accounts for more than ____ percent of all business investment in equipment.

A sale and leaseback agreement