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Welbilt is negotiating to lease small trailers with Delta Leasing. The firm has received an offer from Wells Cargo for a total purchase price of $1,100,000. The terms of the lease include four payments of $290,000, with each payment occurring at the beginning of the year. An alternative to leasing is to borrow the money and buy the trailers. The $1,100,000 loan for four years has an annual interest rate of 8%. Assume the trucks fall into the MACRS 3-year class and have an expected residual value of $150,000. The applicable depreciation rates are .3333, .4445, .1481 and .0741. Maintenance costs would be included in the lease. If the trailers are purchased, a maintenance contract would be bought at the beginning of each year for $16,000 annually. Welbilt plans to buy a new set of trailers at the end of the fourth year. The firm has an effective tax rate of 21%.
1. What is Welbilt’s present value of the cost of owning?
2. What is Welbilt’s present value of the cost of leasing?
3. What is Welbilt’s Net Advantage to Leasing (NAL)?