Equipment Leasing

1. Purchasing Power. Equipment lease financing allows the lessee to acquire more and/or higher-end equipment.

2. Balance Sheet Management. Certain types of leases help the lessee better manage the balance sheet and improve the overall financial picture, by conserving operating capital and freeing up working capital and bank credit lines for inventory, expansion and emergencies.

3. 100 Percent Financing. With equipment leasing, there is no down payment. The term of the lease can be matched with the useful life of the equipment.

4. Asset Management. A lease provides the use of equipment for specific periods of time at fixed payments. It assumes and manages the risks of equipment ownership. At the end of the lease, the lessor disposes of the equipment.

5. Service Additions. Many lessees choose to structure their leases to include installation, maintenance and other services, if needed.

Dental equipment leasing can be used to finance any equipment that a person may need to run his business. Almost any type of gear can be funded without affecting the lessee's personal credit. The more equipment that a person finances by means of unsecured lines of credit, the more it impacts the concerned person's credit rating and exploits precious emergency resources.

Dental equipment leasing has no impact on the personal credit rating and keeps the unsecured types of credit accessible for emergencies and increases the buying power of the lessee. Dental equipment leasing also has many tax advantages. Dental equipment leasing increases the person's liabilities and that results in a lower tax encumbrance.

Dental equipment is very expensive in the United States of America and buying it can be a great financial risk. To avoid any hassles it is better to lease equipment rather than buy it. This option provides the lessee with a cheap and effective alternative to renting.

Almost all equipment leases begin with an acceptance or commencement. The lessee inspects the equipment and announces it as fit for service. When the lease begins then the equipment belongs to the lessee even if the equipment is in a lessor's warehouse. A lease shouldn't begin until the lessee has started to use the equipment successfully.

It is important to inspect the equipment before leasing, because once the deal is signed then the lessee has to pay the lessor even if the equipment does not work.

The most frequently asked question about leasing is the advantages behind it. People want to know about the benefits of leasing over buying any type of equipment. The most prominent advantage of leasing is that it provides the lessee with working capital that can be used for maintenance and upkeep of the equipment. Another advantage that the lessee has is that he can add equipment that is contemporary at any time during the lease period. This advantage is not available when a person buys the equipment instead of leasing it.

Another frequently asked question is about the definition of 'lease.' Lease can be defined as an agreement or a contract between two parties that explains the terms and conditions such as the time period of the lease, payment options and the date of return of the equipment.

Questions regarding cancellation of a lease are also common but canceling a lease is not possible. The lessee is bound by the law to make payments according to the terms and conditions in the contract, even if the equipment that is leased is not in use.

Queries about tax payments are frequent and people want to know whether there are any tax deductions when a lease contract is signed. The lessee must pay the taxes that are connected to the lease such as sales tax, which is charged separately and has to be paid with the monthly payments of the lease.