Bessey Aviation Is Considering Leasing or Purchasing a Small Aircraft

Essay

Bessey Aviation is considering leasing or purchasing a small aircraft to transport executives between manufacturing facilities and the main administrative headquarters. The firm is in the 40 percent tax bracket and its after-tax cost of debt is 7 percent. The estimated after-tax cash flows for the lease and purchase alternatives are given below: (a) Given the above cash outflows for each alternative, calculate the present value of the after-tax cash flows using the after-tax cost of debt for each alternative.
(b) Which alternative do you recommend? Why?