You Are Comparing a Lease to a Purchase

question 27

Multiple Choice

You are comparing a lease to a purchase. When computing the net advantage to leasing you should discount the cash flows using the:

• A) pretax cost of borrowing.
• B) pretax risk-free rate.
• C) aftertax borrowing rate.
• D) aftertax risk-free rate.
• E) aftertax interest rate implied by the lease payments.

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