ASSET FINANCE SPECIALISTS with over 20 years’ experience in leasing and hire purchase and access to the leading lending institutions in Ireland, All Financials know how to assist you or your customers with asset finance requirements.
Leasing allows you to have full use of an asset such as machinery, vehicles or equipment over a fixed period without having the responsibility of owning it. At the end of the period of the lease, you’ll have the chance to either walk away, renew the lease to obtain a new item or to carry on using the asset you’ve leased at a nominal rent. This way of working allows you to have constant use of an up to date asset with minimal (if any) initial outlay as well as benefiting from tax relief on your rental payments. This means that your cash reserves remain in tact and your cash flow is optimised.
In the current economic climate, Cash is King and finding any way you can to hold on to your hard-earned cash is worth its weight in gold. Leasing vehicles, equipment and technology means that you can keep your cash safely in the bank and not tie it up in depreciating assets by making capital investments.
When you lease an item, you become obliged to pay the lease, which is deemed to be an expense against your business. What this means is that by doing so, you are reducing your taxable income.
When you lease, rather than purchase a piece of equipment or a vehicle, you safeguard your cash by avoiding having to make a hefty up front payment. Only when payments become due each month do you have to find the cash to make them.
When you buy a piece of equipment or a vehicle, it will have an anticipated useful lifespan. At the end of this lifespan, you will need to find the money to replace it in order to keep your fleet or equipment up to date. This is not the case with leasing. With leasing, you will be able to negotiate the period of the lease so that once the item becomes obsolete you will be able to replace it with a new, up to date alternative by setting up a new arrangement.
It is essential in business to keep your credit line healthy and open. Because of the way leasing arrangements are organised, they allow you to hold on to your capital, retain your borrowing rights, reduce your taxable income and manage your monthly payments all in one go. All of this helps you retain your credit facilities so you can draw on lines of credit should you need to.
Once again, because your monthly leasing payment is treated as a business expense, rather than a debt, this makes for a healthier balance sheet. The less debt you have on your balance sheet, the healthier it is perceived to be by lenders or potential buyers.
When you choose leasing, it leaves you with your capital and lending opportunities in tact. What this means is that when opportunities come along that you need investment to respond to, that investment is available and not tied up in vehicles or equipment.
Leasing allows you to take equipment or vehicles on a term that suits you and your business needs. If you need a short-term arrangement, it’s possible and if you need long-term, that option is there too. If you choose to purchase the items you could otherwise lease, then you could find yourself stuck with them when you no longer need them.
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