Lease vs Purchase

By leasing your new Office Copier, Multifunction or Printer equipment, you are making less of a dent in your available funds by avoiding the need to spend a large amount on a capital purchase. In addition, lease options offer different payment plans, allowing for a tolerable amount to be paid toward the use of the equipment on a time schedule that suits your financial needs.

In addition to the flexible payment plans, a lease often offers provision for upgrades to respond to advances in technology and trade-in opportunities. This helps you to avoid any issues that could cause your equipment to be considered obsolete.

Once your lease term comes to an end, the residual value of the equipment tends to be higher than that of equipment that is owned outright.

With leasing, there is the possibility that expensive penalty fees could result from any early termination of the lease. It is also a good business practice to understand the end of lease renewal terms. If the lease automatically renews how long is this for and what are the costs?

An outright purchase of your new digital Office Copier, Multifunction or Printer, particularly if undertaken without any interest fees or bank loans, can potentially be less expensive in the long run when compared in a spreadsheet head to head to versus a leased piece of equipment.

Purchased equipment is not only a write-off for tax purposes, but the device also becomes a company asset.

A major purchase that requires a large payment impacts your available finances, so you should consider how this could affect cash flow that is required for other areas of your business operations. Additionally, it may be more difficult to trade-in or upgrade your purchased equipment to keep up with technological improvements.