Blasco's wishes to obtain new assets that will reduce their operating costs by $3,800 a year on an aftertax basis. These assets can be either purchased or leased. Explain why these cost savings are omitted from the lease versus purchase analysis.
What will be an ideal response?
The operating cost savings will be realized by the firm regardless of the method used to obtain the assets. Thus, there is no incremental difference between the cash flows of the purchase and the cash flows of the lease in relation to operating costs.
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