Tax Benefits of Leasing

Equipment leasing gives you the opportunity to be constantly updating. This means an immediate gain of having the very latest technology, and a long term benefit of not having to worry about that same technology becoming outdated. We all know how quickly technology improves, creating an obsolescence risk whenever new technology is purchased. By using business equipment leasing as a financing tool, you can be updating that technology every couple of years, without having to worry about disposing of your out of date, depreciated older technology.

Example:

Cost of goods £10,000
3 Year lease @ £963.20 per quarter (1+11)
Total payable = £963.20 X 12 = £11,558.40
You pay £1,558.40 over 3 years in interest
Lease is 100% tax deductible so assuming tax rate is 25%
£11,558.40 X 25% = £2,889.60

Therefore, the lease is effectively self-financing and the reduction in tax to be paid (£2,889.60), more than covers the interest charge (£1,558.40)

Plus ... You have had the use of the original £10,000 for the last 3 years!

Leasing

Minimal down payment
Primary period to match asset depreciation period

Leasing rental 100% deductible against tax
VAT is paid each month on the rental and is therefore effectively deferred

Borrowing

Cash flow impact
Capital allowance restriction means that effectively may take up to 10 years to ulitimately offset the allowances
Fixed deposits can be as high as 25% plus all VAT due
May restrict further borrowing from bank lines