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- February 11, 2026 at 1:20 pm #724686
Hello ,
I have come across the below question for Lease to Buy practice and I am struggling to understand how they have come to DF @ 7% as 1.935 and 1.689 for years 0-1 and 2-3 respectively in Section B for Leasing Finance Option.
Would you be able to clarify, please?
QUESTION:
A new project is being considered:The asset costs $200,000 on the first day of a new accounting period.
The scrap value is $25,000 on the last day of the next accounting period.
Operating inflows are $150,000 for two years.
The tax rate is 33% and taxes are paid one year in arrears.
The company’s WACC is 10%.
Tax-allowable depreciation is at 25% on a reducing balance basis with a balancing adjustment in the year of disposal.
Finance options:
(1) using a bank loan at a 10.5% interest rate; or
(2) leasing for $92,500 a year in advance for two years (lease payments are tax allowable).
Required:
Determine the operational benefit of the project.
Determine how the project should be financed. Hint: Prepare a separate TAD working.
Decide whether the project is worthwhile.(2) Leasing Flows
Time Cash flow Narrative DF @ 7% PV
$ $
0–1 (92,500) Lease payments 1.935 (178,988)
2–3 30,525 Tax relief thereon* 1.689 51,557
PV of leasing flows (127,431)Thank you in advance for you help.
February 11, 2026 at 2:44 pm #724687I think they have used rounding-
10.5% x (1-0-0.33) = 7.035%
Rounded to 7%.
February 11, 2026 at 2:51 pm #724688Lease payments 1 at time zero is 1 for discount factor and at 1 year is 0.935.
Tax relief is 0.873 in year 2 and 0.816 in year 3 which adds to 1.689.
February 11, 2026 at 2:51 pm #724689Hope this helps.
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