& Bezos is a fresh groceries delivery company. The company has access to borrowing funds at a pre-tax rate of 6 % per year. Jeff & Bezos pays income taxes using 24 % tax rate. The company would like to start using high-speed low-altitude drones to deliver grocery purchases directly to residential customers' backyards. The required fleet of drones costs $6,300,000. If the company chooses to buy them, the drones would be losing their economic value following the straight-line depreciation method during a six year period. The fleet of drones, due to their heavy usage, would have no salvage value in six years. Instead of buying the fleet of the drones, Jeff & Bezos is also contemplating leasing them for an estimated pre-tax annual cost of $1,260,000 for six years from a different company. What should Jeff & Bezos do? Should the company buy or lease the drones? Calculate the net advantage to leasing, a.k.a. NAL, for Jeff & Bezos.

& Bezos is a fresh groceries delivery company. The company has access to borrowing funds at a pre-tax rate of 6 % per year. Jeff & Bezos pays income taxes using 24 % tax rate. The company would like to start using high-speed low-altitude drones to deliver grocery purchases directly to residential customers' backyards. The required fleet of drones costs $6,300,000. If the company chooses to buy them, the drones would be losing their economic value following the straight-line depreciation method during a six year period. The fleet of drones, due to their heavy usage, would have no salvage value in six years. Instead of buying the fleet of the drones, Jeff & Bezos is also contemplating leasing them for an estimated pre-tax annual cost of $1,260,000 for six years from a different company. What should Jeff & Bezos do? Should the company buy or lease the drones? Calculate the net advantage to leasing, a.k.a. NAL, for Jeff & Bezos.

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Chapter10: Cost Recovery On Property: Depreciation, Depletion, And Amortization

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