1. Lease Analysis
A contract between two parties called lessor and lessee, whereby lessee gets the right to use an asset provided by the lessor in return of periodic financial payments, called lease payments.
Types:
Operating Leases
Financial Leases/Capital lease.

2. Reasons for Leasing Short-term leases are convenient
Cancellation options are valuable
Tax shields can be used
Avoiding the alternative minimum tax
Leasing avoids capital expenditure controls
Leasing preserves capital
Leasing effects book income

3. Example Lease or Buy Decision
Q: Company ABC wants to buy a machine that costs $ 80,000 with expected life of 5 years. ABC tax rate is 30% and the cost of borrowing is 12%. ABC can also enter a lease contract to acquire the machine. Under lease arrangement ABC will have to pay Rs. 20,000 as lease payments each year for next 5 years. Determine whether ABC should buy or lease the machine. ABC assumes no salvage value.
Data Summary
Tax rate (t)
30%
Pre-tax Interest rate (i)
12%
After-tax interest = 12 % x ( )
8.40%
Cost
$ 80,000.00
Lease PMT
-$ 20,000.00
Salvage Value
$ 0.00
Annual depreciation = / 5
$ 16,000.00

4. procedure Steps involved in Lease Analysis.
Determine PV of ATCO under lease option, (i.e. cost of lease option).
Determine PV of ATCO net of tax savings on interest and deprecation expenses under borrow and buy (B&B) option, (i.e. cost of B&B option).
Compare the costs under both options and select whichever is lower.

5. Step 1: Evaluate lease option.
Lease Evaluation
Year
(1)
Lease Payment
(2)
After-tax Lease Payment
= 20,000 x (1- .30)
(3)
PVIF i,n (After tax)
= 12% x ( ) = 8.4%
(4) PV
(5) = (3) x (4) 1
-$20,000.00
-14000
0.923
-$12,915.13 2
0.851
-$11,914.33 3
0.785
-$10,991.08 4
0.724
-$10,139.37 5
0.668
-$9,353.66
PV of Cash outflows in lease option
-$55,313.56
Calculations:
After-tax lease payments = Before-tax lease payment x (1 – tax rate)
After-tax rate of interest = Before-tax rate of interest x (1 – tax rate)
Note: Net ATCO under lease option is $55,313. Now calculate net ATCO under Borrow and Buy Option and compare it with $55,313. Select an option with lower net ATCO.

6. Borrow and Buy (B&B) Evaluation
Step 2: B&B Evaluation
Prepare Loan Amortization Schedule to calculate annual Interest expense for each year, This is required to determine tax savings on interest expense.
Borrow and Buy (B&B) Evaluation
Table 1: Loan Amortization Schedule
Year
(1)
Beg. Amount
(2)
Loan Installment
(3)
Interest Exp per year
(4) = (2) x .12
Amortization
(5) = (3) – (4)
End. Amount
(6) = (2) – (5) 1
$80,000.00
-$22,192.78
$9,600.00
-$12,592.78
$67,407.22 2
$8,088.87
-$14,103.91
$53,303.31 3
$6,396.40
-$15,796.38
$37,506.93 4
$4,500.83
-$17,691.95
$19,814.98 5
$2,377.80
-$19,814.98
$0.00
Calculation: 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑃𝑉𝐼𝐹𝐴 𝑖 , 𝑛 = =$ 22,

7. Tax shield on Depreciation Tax shield on interest expenses
Calculate Net ATCO net of savings on interest and depreciation expenses, and determine PV of these CO. The sum of these cashflows is total cost under B&B option.
PV Schedule 
Year
(1)
Loan Installment
(2)
Tax shield on Depreciation
(3) = ($16000 x 0.3)
Tax shield on interest expenses
(4) = (Int Exp x 0.3)
Net CO
(5) = (2) – (3) –(4)
Tax adjusted PVIF I, 8.4%
(6) = 12% x (1-.3) PV
(7) = (5) x (6) 1
-$22,192.78
4800
$2,880.00
-$14,512.78
0.923
-$13,388.17 2
$2,426.66
-$14,966.12
0.851
-$12,736.52 3
$1,918.92
-$15,473.86
0.785
-$12,148.17 4
$1,350.25
-$16,042.53
0.724
-$11,618.65 5
$713.34
-$16,679.44
0.668
-$ 11,143.84
PV of Cash outflows in lease option
-$61,035.35
Salvage Value
Pv of Salvage value
$0.00
Salvage value Adjustment
$ 0.00
 PV B&B option
-$ 61,035.35
Calculations:
Tax saving on depreciation = Annual Depreciation Expense x tax rate
Tax savings on interest expenses = Annual Interest Expense x tax rate