Oregon Machinery Company (OMC) has decided to acquire a screw machine. One alternative is to lease the machine on a three‐year contract for a lease payment of $22,000 per year with payments to be made at the beginning of each year. The lease would include maintenance. The second alternative is to purchase the machine outright for $97,000, financing the investment with a bank loan for the net purchase price and amortizing the loan over a three‐year period at an interest rate of 12% per year (annual payment = $40, 386). Under the borrow‐to‐purchase arrangement, the company would have to maintain the machine at an annual cost of $6,000, payable at year-end. The machine falls into the seven‐year MACRS classification, and it has a salvage value of $45,000, which is the expected market value at the end of year 3. After three years, the company plans to replace the machine regardless of whether it leases or buys. The tax rate is 40%, and the MARR is 15%.
(a) What is OMC’s PW cost of leasing?
(b) What is OMC’s PW cost of owning?
(c) From the financing analyses in parts (a) and (b), what are the advantages and disadvantages of leasing and owning?