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Lease or Buy Question on DF for section B

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  • February 11, 2026 at 1:20 pm #724686
    SummerSky
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    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 #724687
    mrjonbain
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    I think they have used rounding-

    10.5% x (1-0-0.33) = 7.035%

    Rounded to 7%.

    February 11, 2026 at 2:51 pm #724688
    mrjonbain
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    Lease 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 #724689
    mrjonbain
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    Hope this helps.

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