Equipment Leasing Guide for Lessees Author:Albert R. McMeen How to evaluate and negotiate leases that serve your best interest! This book can help you make sure your decision to lease - and the lease document itself - are in the best interests of your company. Equipment Leasing Guide for Lessees is a practical manual written by a leasing expert who not only provides complete guidelines for analyzing your... more » lease decision, but who alerts you to the little-known inner workings, strategies and weaknesses of leasing companies and their representatives - powerful information that could help you avoid costly mistakes when negotiating the terms of your next equipment lease. One of the most comprehensive treatments of the tax accounting, and financial aspects of leasing ever published, Equipment Leasing Guide for Lessees covers everything from defining leasing terms to showing you how to calculate the full cost of a lease and conduct a cost-benefit analysis to make sure your decision to lease is in fact the most suitable alternative. The book addresses the methods by which lessors construct their rates; pertinent tax concerns arising from a lease; rentals and other cash flow factors; and estimated residual values. How to reconcile the risks of ownership with the risks of leasing is also discussed, along with the advantages of leveraged leasing and sale and leasebacks. Issues arising form the lease contract and general business concerns of a lease are covered as well. When it come to the actual lease arrangements, the author, a seasoned lease negotiator, provides: GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING A LESSOR AREAS SUBJECT TO LESSOR CONCESSION PARAGRAPH-BY-PARAGRAPH CONTRACT NEGOTIATION TECHNIQUES The book covers all forms of capital equipment leases. Two chapters discuss in detail the special problems in computer and automobile leasing. Three years of supplements are included. Lotus 1-2-3/Excel spreadsheets are included with this book.« less