Lease Financing MBA-IMK
Lease Financing MBA-IMK
Lease Financing MBA-IMK
Lease
A lease contract is an agreement where the owner conveys to the user the right to use an asset in return for a number of specified payments over an agreed period of time. Lessor is the owner of the asset Lessee is the user of the asset
Types of Lease
Operating Leases Usually not fully amorti ed. !his means that the payments re"uired under the terms of the lease are not enough to recover the full cost of the asset for the lessor. Usually re"uire the lessor to maintain and insure the asset. Lessee en#oys a cancellation option. !his option gives the lessee the right to cancel the lease contract before the e$piration date.
Types of Leases
Financial Leases (capital or full payout leases) !he e$act opposite of an operating lease. Do not provide for maintenance or service by the lessor. %inancial leases are fully amorti ed. !he lessee usually has a right to renew the lease at e$piry. &enerally' financial leases cannot be cancelled' i.e.' the lessee must ma(e all payments or face the ris( of ban(ruptcy.
Types of Leases
)riteria for a )apital Lease *f one of the following criteria is met' then the lease is considered a capital lease and must be shown on the balance sheet
Lease transfers ownership by the end of the lease term Lessee can purchase asset at below mar(et price Lease term is for +, percent or more of the life of the asset -resent value of lease payments is at least ./ percent of the fair mar(et value at the start of the lease
Types of Leases
Ta$le %&'% Operating (ersus Financial Leases O)E*ATING Lessee
Asset 0ot on balance s heet 123456 disclose in footnotes 7$pense the full amount as rental e$pense
FINANCIAL Lessee
Report on 234
Lessor
Report on 234
Lessor
0ot on 234
Lease payments
)annot claim
)laim
Decompos e into interes t and principal repayment' and e$pense the interest portion )laim
)laim the interest portion of payments received as interest income )annot claim
Types of Leases
Sale an! Lease'+ac, A particular type of financial lease. 8ccurs when a company sells an asset it already owns to another firm and immediately leases it from them. !wo sets of cash flows occur9 !he lessee receives cash today from the sale. !he lessee agrees to ma(e periodic lease payments' thereby retaining the use of the asset.
Types of Leases
Le(erage! Leases
A leveraged lease is another type of financial lease. A three:sided arrangement between the lessee' the lessor' and lenders. !he lessor owns the asset and for a fee allows the lessee to use the asset. !he lessor borrows to partially finance the asset. -opular in U.4. because lessor puts up only a portion of the asset purchase price' but receives all of the ta$ benefits of ownership
Ta Aspects of Leasing
Lessee can deduct lease payments for income ta$ purposes
;ust be used for business purposes and not to avoid ta$es !erm of lease is less than </ percent of the economic life of the asset 4hould not include an option to ac"uire the asset at the end of the lease at a below mar(et price Lease payments should not start high and then drop dramatically ;ust survive a profits test Renewal options must be reasonable and consider fair mar(et value at the time of the renewal
8perating
leases are still =off:balance:sheet> and do not have any impact on the balance sheet itself
8perating Leases9 *ncome 7ffects ?. 0et income will generally be higher for operating leases in the early years and lower in the later years because interest e$pense charged for the financial lease declines as the liability is amorti ed by the lease payments. @. )%8 will be lower with operating leases since the full lease payment is subtracted from )%8' unli(e financial leases where only the interest portion of the payments is subtracted. 2alance 4heet 7ffects ?. Aigher current ratios' lower debt and leverage ratios' higher asset turnover and higher profitability ratios 1especially in the early years of asset life5
Leasing is an alternative means of obtaining the use of an asset. !here are four main differences in the cash flows for a company that leases an asset instead of buying it9 ?. *t does not have to pay for the asset up front @. *t does not get to sell the asset when it is finished with it' if it is an operating lease' or if title is not transferred through a financial lease B. *t ma(es regular lease payments. *f the lease is an operating lease' then the full amount of the lease payments is ta$ deductible6 only the interest portion is deductible for capital leases C. 8perating leases are not depreciated.
7stimate incremental cash flows that result from leasing 4olve for the discount rate 1*RR5 that e"uates the incremental cash flows with the initial value of the asset. 1!his is the after-tax IRR or cost of leasing5
*f *RR of leasing D after:ta$ cost of borrowing 1borrow and buy the asset5 *f *RR of leasing E after:ta$ cost of borrowing 1lease the asset5
7stimate incremental cash flows that result from leasing )alculate 0-V using after:ta$ cost of borrowing as the discount rate.
*f 0-V of leasing is : 1borrow and buy the asset5 *f 0-V of leasing F after:ta$ cost of borrowing 1lease the asset5