The Complete Equipment-leasing Handbook : A Deal Maker's Guide with Forms, Checklists, and Worksheets

Equipment leasing is one of the most complex aspects of business finance in existence, involving sophisticated concepts often understood only by experts. Consequently, business executives and purchasing professionals often fail to maximize their leverage in signing leases, or opt instead to purchase equipment outright at staggering costs. Combining the author's Handbook of Equipment Leasing with the tools from his Complete Book of Equipment Leasing Agreements, Forms, Worksheets, and Checklists, this comprehensive volume provides the legal, financial, and business background essential for evaluating, negotiating, and documenting successful equipment lease transactions. This invaluable resource for lessors and lessees answers questions like: * How does the leasing marketplace really work? * What is the best way for a company to solicit lease bids? * What economic and tax risks does a lessor face? * When is leasing a poor choice? The book also addresses crucial issues like profit strategies, forming and running a leasing company, and the leasing of equipment in the growing international market. Annotation This book/CD-ROM resource presents a detailed overview of the equipment leasing process from the both the lessor's and the lessee's perspectives and provides tools necessary for successful transactions. Checklists, explanations, and examples offer background on related legal, financial, and business issues, covering the business of leasing both domestically and internationally. The book walks through each step of the process of conducting a leasing transaction, with information on special considerations such as leveraged leasing as well as tax and accounting issues. The accompanying CD-ROM contains 115 sample forms. Contino, author of several books on equipment leasing and business financing, is the managing partner of an equipment-lease and business law firm. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) In this work, the equipment lease transaction is analyzed from start to finish, taking readers through the nine most important aspects. Also covered is the legal, financial, and business information needed to evaluate, negotiate, and document favourable equipment lease transactions. "The concept of the lease as a property right, and the rights and duties of lessors and lessees, has been part of our legal tradition for centuries, particularly with respect to real estate."