Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Most financial analysts and sophisticated investors consider operating leases (which must be listed in the footnotes of the financial statements)to be additional sources of leverage.
• B)By carefully avoiding the four criteria that define a operating lease for accounting purposes,a firm can avoid listing the long-term lease as a liability.
• C)Because a lease is equivalent to a loan,the firm can increase its actual leverage without increasing the debt-to-equity ratio on its balance sheet.
• D)For most large corporations,the amount of leverage the firm can obtain through a lease is unlikely to exceed the amount of leverage the firm can obtain through a loan.

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