Magnet Beauty Products Case

Because this is the case, the Net Income effect of this decision has be the biggest factor to consider and an operating lease structure would therefore appeal to investors the most.

The lease agreement comes out to be the better option when the lease term is long at about 60 months than a purchase agreement for the same length of time. This is because in the lease agreement, the company is able to break even at about 51 months as compared to the purchase agreement which needs the company to make the payments till the end of the term in order to breakeven. In addition to this,

Since, such an agreement will be regarded as an Operating Lease and not a Capital Lease; this lease will not be reported on the company’s balance sheet. Keeping the lease off the balance sheet would make our financial ratios appear more attractive (lower debt/asset ratio) than otherwise. Hence, such a setup provides the advantage of financing the deal as an off-Balance Sheet item.

16. What would the pre-tax lease payment have to be for you to be indifferent between leasing or buying?

d. Is it more beneficial to continue leasing the business space or to buy the building?

Table 7 in the detailed analysis above shows the summary of the Discounted Cash Flow analysis performed for each of the four potential properties considered for investment. From the chart below, we observe that of the four properties, TFB has the maximum increase in reversion value at the end of the holding period, i.e. 10years. On a primarily income generation potential basis, Alison Green, with a Net Present value of the future rents at $734.29 looks attractive among the four options. Looking at the Investment ranks of the four properties with Simple returns and Discounted returns variables, Alison

b. Any guarantee by the lessee (including by a third party related to the lessee) of the residual value at the expiration of the lease term, whether or not payment of the guarantee constitutes a purchase of the leased property. If the lessor has the right to require the lessee to purchase the property at termination of the lease for a certain or determinable amount, that amount shall be considered a lessee guarantee of the residual value. If the lessee agrees to make up any deficiency below a stated amount in the lessor 's realization of the residual value, the residual value guarantee to be included in the minimum lease payments shall be the stated amount, rather than an estimate of the deficiency to be made up.

Each year the number of leasing agreements continues to grow. There are several advantages of leasing property instead of owning. The company is protected against obsolescence and can receive 100% financing with less cost, fixed payments, and more flexibility (Schroeder, Clark, & Cathey, 2011). The new business opportunity for the client will require 20 more trucks than XYZ Trucking Inc. currently owns. The FASB issued SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases” to establish

Option 2 (Proceed with Mid-Rise Apartment Complex, Selling in Year 10): While replacing the current structure with a more appealing mid-rise apartment complex would increase the market value of the property, it would also require financing and additional investments. Thus far, Sexton has run into several problems, beginning with the planning commission, and now higher cost estimates, financing and timing issues. Even if Sexton were to obtain financing and somehow meet the January 2005 target date, his original estimates of rental income and cash flow analysis are still not guaranteed. Exhibit 2 provides a net present value range between 103,000 and $214,000 for proceeding with the mid-rise apartment complex and selling in year 10 based on a range of cap rates.

In order to gain a full perspective on this issue, it is important to first define the concept of a lease. A lease is an agreement conveying the right to use property, plant, and equipment (PP&E) usually for a stated period of time (Diffen, 2015). The two parties involved are the lessee (party paying for use of the asset) and the lessor (party that owns the asset but is leasing to another). Leasing has become incredibly popular, especially for organizations that may be just starting and are attempting to avoid long term investments of

Following are the factors a customer should consider before taking a buying or leasing decision.

Net Income: Company N strategies pay off because shareholders of any company want to maximize their investment or returns. Company N is making almost double of company M’s net profit, and also considering the fact that company N is making 85% of company M sales.

What are the key takeaways to remember when determining future lease versus buy decisions of this magnitude?

a. the term of the lease exceeds 75% of the asset’s useful life; or b. the present value of the lease exceeds 90% of the asset’s fair value a. is not the case: useful life is 20 years, term of lease is 10 years b. PV of the 10 payments of $ 1 mio at the end of the year with 10% rate is: $ 6.144 mio (see table PV). That is 95% of the value of the asset of $ 6.5 mio

According to Steve Collings (2010), the accounting treatment of leases has presented a lot of problems over the years for the particular profession. Problems are observed in the way some leases are being treated in a business’ income statement and statement of financial position. Although, as we are going to expand more on that, the major problem of accounting for leases according to Collings (2010), is the manipulation of financial statements by incorrectly categorizing ‘finance leases’ as ‘operating leases’. The main purpose of the essay is to discuss why accounting for leases has been so controversial and whether the new standard (IFRS16) will give a more meaningful picture of companies’ financial position for lessees.