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Compare capital purchase and lease scenarios

Use Proforma to compare capital purchase and lease scenarios. Produce purchase-versus-lease comparison and cost sensitivity table from your business data.

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Compare purchasing and leasing [asset] over [planning horizon] using the supplied prices, payment schedules and operating costs. Show cumulative cash outflow, discounted cost under [discount rate] and the effect on minimum cash. Include maintenance and end-of-term assumptions explicitly. Produce a sensitivity table for the uncertain costs and keep tax treatment separate unless approved tax assumptions are supplied.

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Method and review

Keep the assumptions visible.

Start with opening cash and dated receipts and payments. Separate recorded cash movements from forecasts, and show which assumptions change the result.

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Review residual values, renewal terms and supplied tax assumptions before choosing an option.

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