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The Old School is trying to decide whether it should purchase or lease a new high speed photocopier machine. It will cost the school $14,000 to purchase the copier and $750 each year to maintain the machine over the course of its 6 year useful life. At the end of the sixth year, Old School expects to be able to sell the copier for $1,000. A dealer has offered to lease the school the same copier for a payment of $750 at the beginning of the lease plus lease payments of $3,450 per year for four years. Lease payments include all maintenance. The dealer was unable to offer a lease longer than 4 years. Lease payments would be made at the beginning of each year. If Old School's discount rate is 7 percent, which alternative should it chose and why?
Select Purchase option since it has higher NPV (lower costs)
NPV of purchase | -28175.45 |
NPV of lease | -31590.36 |
Workings
Purchase | Lease | |||||||
Year | Initial cost | Maintenance | Sale | Net CF | Initial cost | Lease payments | Net CF | |
0 | -14000 | -14000 | -750 | -3450 | -4200 | |||
1 | -750 | -750 | -3450 | -3450 | ||||
2 | -750 | -750 | -3450 | -3450 | ||||
3 | -750 | -750 | -750 | -3450 | -4200 | |||
4 | -750 | -750 | -3450 | -3450 | ||||
5 | -750 | -750 | -3450 | -3450 | ||||
6 | -14000 | -750 | 1000 | -13750 | -750 | -3450 | -4200 | |
7 | -750 | -750 | -3450 | -3450 | ||||
8 | -750 | -750 | -3450 | -3450 | ||||
9 | -750 | -750 | -750 | -3450 | -4200 | |||
10 | -750 | -750 | -3450 | -3450 | ||||
11 | -750 | -750 | -3450 | -3450 | ||||
12 | -750 | 1000 | 250 | 0 |