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7) Should St. Martin lease the scanner or borrow the funds and buy the scanner?
A) Buy the scanner; the NPV of the decision = $74,890.28.
B) Buy the scanner; the NPV of the decision = $1,749,890.28
C) Lease the scanner; the NPV of the decision = $1,812,027.19
D) Lease the scanner; the NPV of the decision = $692,559.51
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8) In the chapter, the lease versus buy decision was called an unfair comparison. Why?
What is the correct comparison?
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Use the information for the question(s) below.
St. Martin's Hospital plans to purchase or lease a $2 million CT scanner. If purchased, the
CT scanner will be depreciated on a straight-line basis over ive years, after which it will be
worthless. If leased, the annual lease payments will be $500,000 per year for ive years. St.
Martin's borrowing cost is 8%, and its tax rate is 35%.
9) If St. Martin purchases the CT scanner, what is the amount of the lease-equivalent loan?
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10) Is St. Martin's better of leasing the CT scanner or inancing the purchase of the CT
scanner with a lease-equivalent loan and by how much is St Martin's better of?
AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills
Author: JN
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24.4 Reasons for Leasing
1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) For a lease to be attractive to both the lessee and the lessor, the gains must come from
some underlying economic beneits that the leasing arrangement provides.
B) With a true tax lease, the lessor replaces depreciation and interest tax deductions with a
deduction for the lease payments.
C) Generally speaking, if the asset's tax depreciation deductions are more rapid than its
lease payments, a true tax lease is advantageous if the lessor is in a higher tax bracket than
the lessee.
D) A tax gain occurs if the lease shifts the more valuable deductions to the party with the
higher tax rate.
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2) Which of the following is a valid argument for leasing?
A) tax diferences
B) reduced resale costs
C) eiciency gains from specialization
D) All of the above are valid arguments for leasing.
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Author: JP
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3) Which of the following explains why reducing leverage through of-balance sheet
inancing is not a valid argument for leasing?
A) Whether they appear on the balance sheet or not, lease commitments are liabilities for
the irm.
B) For most large corporations, the amount of leverage the irm can obtain through a lease
is unlikely to exceed the amount of leverage the irm can obtain through a loan.
C) Some companies may place limits on the dollar amounts a manager can invest over a
certain period.
D) All of the above are reasons why reducing leverage through of-balance sheet inancing
is not a valid argument for leasing.
AACSB Objective: Relective Thinking Skills
Author: JP
Question Status: Previous Edition
4) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) If a irm only needs to use the asset for a short time, it is probably less costly to lease it
than to buy and resell the asset.
B) While owners of assets are likely to resell them only if the assets are "lemons," a short-
term lease can commit the user of an asset to return it regardless of its quality. In this way
leases can help mitigate the adverse selection problem in the used goods market.
C) Car dealerships are in a better position to sell a used car at the end of a lease than a
consumer is.
D) If the asset's tax depreciation deductions are faster than its lease payments, there are
tax gains from a true tax lease if the lessor is in a lower tax bracket than the lessee.
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5) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) By ofering assets together with complementary services, lessors can achieve eiciency
gains and ofer attractive lease rates.
B) Assets leased under a true lease are aforded bankruptcy protection and cannot be
seized in the event of default.
C) Because of the higher recovery value in the event of default, a lessor may be able to
ofer more attractive inancing through the lease than an ordinary lender could.
D) Lessors often have eiciency advantages over lessees in maintaining or operating
certain types of assets.
AACSB Objective: Relective Thinking Skills
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6) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Most inancial analysts and sophisticated investors consider operating leases (which
must be listed in the footnotes of the inancial statements) to be additional sources of
leverage.
B) By carefully avoiding the four criteria that deine an operating lease for accounting
purposes, a irm can avoid listing the long-term lease as a liability.
C) Because a lease is equivalent to a loan, the irm can increase its actual leverage without
increasing the debt-to-equity ratio on its balance sheet.
D) For most large corporations, the amount of leverage the irm can obtain through a lease
is unlikely to exceed the amount of leverage the irm can obtain through a loan.
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7) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Leasing allows the party best able to bear the risk to hold it. For example, small irms
with a low tolerance for risk may prefer to lease rather than purchase assets.
B) When the lessor is the manufacturer, a lease in which the lessor bears the risk of the
residual value can improve incentives and lower agency costs.
C) For leases in which the lessor retains a substantial interest in the asset's residual value,
the lessee has more of an incentive to take proper care of an asset that is leased rather
than purchased.
D) Whether they appear on the balance sheet or not, lease commitments are a liability for
the irm.
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