Question: please answer this question as fast as you can please? Grand Mind Ltd., is in the business of manufacturing steel utensils. The firm is planning

please answer this question as fast as you can please?

  1. Grand Mind Ltd., is in the business of manufacturing steel utensils. The firm is planning to diversify and add a new product line. The company require a machinery and can either purchase or get it on lease basis .

The machine can be purchased for $15,000,000. It is expected to have a useful life of 5 years with salvage value of $1,000,000 after 5 years. The purchase can be financed by a 20 percent loan repayable in 5 equal annual instalments ( inclusive of interest) becoming due at the end of each year. Alternatively, the machine can be taken on year-end lease rentals of $4,500,000 for 5 years. You may assume the following:

(a) The company follows written down value method of depreciation, the rate of depreciation being 25 percent.

(b) Tax rate is at 25 % and cost of capital is 18 percent

(c) Lease rents are to be paid at the end of the year.

(d) Maintenance expenses is estimated at $ 300,000 per year to be borne by the lessee.

Required

Advice the company, which option it should choose.

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