Smith and Wakeman (1985)

Cash flows (present values) of buying and leasing an asset:

Purchased

Leased

Description of Cash Flow:

Buyer/User (b)

Owner/

Lessor (o)

User/Lessee (u)

Nontax Cash Flows:
Initial investment in asset

-INVb

-INVb

Lease Payments

+LEASEo

-LEASEu

Salvage value of assets

+SALVb

+SALVo

Maintenance expense

-MAINTb

-MAINTo

-MAINTu

Cash flow from asset's operation

+CFLOWb

+CFLOWu

Out-of-pocket contracting costs

-COSTSb

-COSTSo

-COSTSu

Tax-Related Cash Flows
ITC

+ITCb

+ITCo

+ITCu

Depreciation tax shield

+tb(DEPb)

to(DEPo)

Tax implications of lease payments

-to(LEASEo)

+tu(LEASEu)

Tax on capital gain from disposal of asset

-tb(GAINb)

-to(GAINo)

Tax shield from maintenance

+tb(MAINTb)

+to(MAINTo)

+tu(MAINTu)

Tax on cash flows from operations

-tb(CFLOWb)

-tu(CFLOWu)

Additional debt interest tax shield generated by asset

=tb(DEBTb)

+to(DEBTo)

+tu(DEBTu)