An Equipment Loan Might Not Be What You Think! Kick Starting Asset Financing Success With Canadian Leasing Companies

You’re One Step Away From The Benefits Of Lease Financing Approval


Information on effective strategies to deal with leasing companies in Canada. Equipment loan and asset finance tips for financing success





Unfortunately a huge number of Canadian business owners devote a huge part of their time in business life to asset finance; in effect trying to find capital for their business. Many times the solution to that challenge is with leasing companies in Canada ready and willing to provide those business people with equipment loan and lease financing.

What then are some of the key issues that get you one step away from business financing success when it comes to acquiring assets for your firm? As a business owner or financial manager you want to get the amount of capital you need with the least amount of risk you are willing to take on via debt.

Leasing companies, via asset finance in Canada are one of essentially five ways to raise capital for assets. (Those other four are of course supplier loans, bank financing, term loans, or equity injections from owners).

Why then do 80% of business owners in North America constantly utilizing lease finance as a business strategy, instead of simply buying the assets? Flexibility is one reason, your assets can be financed on shorter terms , via a ' lease to use ' type strategy, or longer amortizations via a lease to own transaction .Depending on which of the two you choose you again ( and here's our flexibility again ) can either return the asset or take ownership of it .

Canadian accounting practice sets up specific rules that deal with different types of lease strategies , either recording the lease on your ' books ' or in some cases, via an operating lease setting your transaction up as an expense . As boring as it might seem to spend some time on lease accounting implications the right choices in this area can save you a lot of dollars, and grief ! .. when it comes to financial reporting, tax time, etc.

Clients seem to slowly get the point here, in that your lease management becomes part of your overall business strategy, and takes some planning. It’s a good vehicle for getting some communications between the users of assets in your company as well as the finance side of the business!

In that manner we ' preach' to clients that lease arrangements are driven from several areas of management thinking:

The ability to borrow

The convenience provided by leasing companies

Risk avoidance in asset ownership via an equipment loan

Tax and accounting implications/benefits


One of the most powerful examples of risk avoidance in asset ownership via assistance from Canadian lease companies is the area of technology and computer financing. Who in their right mind, asks the business owner, wants to take on the risk of technology obsolescence in the area of computing, which seems to change every 5 minutes, including the newest grey area of computing, ' THE CLOUD '.

Does an equipment loan or lease have a lower or higher cost? That’s a typical question from many clients who are at the crossroads of the lease vs. buy decision. This is where your finance folks or accountants take variables into effect such as your firms cost of borrowing, the rate in the lease , and hopefully always making every aspect of their comparison an ' apples to apples ' assessment .

Other factors in the lease vs. buy decision might include down payment scenarios, credit covenants with current lenders, depreciation policies, residual value of the asset at the end of the lease or loan, etc!

As we have shown, an equipment loan or lease might not always be as simple a consideration as you might think. But it continues to be the financing of choice, everyday, for thousands of Canadian businesses. Speak to a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor today about getting on track with Canadian leasing companies for asset finance.





Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial –


http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com


Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 7 years - has completed in excess of 80 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations . Core competancies include receivables financing, asset based lending, working capital, equipment finance, franchise finance and tax credit financing.
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