Alpha Co will purchase a car for its business. The car costs $60,000 and is expected to last 5 years. After 5 years, Alpha expects to be able sell the car for a salvage value of $15,000. The car will be depreciated to zero using straight-line depreciation for taxation purposes. Alpha has a tax rate of 45%, the before-tax cost of borrowing is 8%, and the cost of capital is 10%.

Alpha is considering whether it should lease the car instead of borrowing to buy the car. Alpha will lease the car only if the NPV from leasing the car as opposed to borrowing to buy the car is equal to or greater than $2,000. The lease payment is annual and will be due in advance each year. What is the maximum annual lease payment that Alpha would be willing to pay? (Round the final answer to the nearest two digits.)

Group of answer choices

$11,885.39

$10,909.22

None of the other answers are correct

$11,346.03

$10,382.34

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

To determine the maximum annual lease payment that Alpha would be willing to pay we need to compare the net present value NPV of leasing the car to th... View the full answer