Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
Leasing is a process by which a firm can obtain the use of certain fixed assets for which it must pay a series of contractual, periodic, tax-deductible payments.
Equipment leasing is a financing alternative for businesses to acquire needed machinery while saving precious operating capital. Leasing provides opportunities to use available money to operate assets that can make more money over time.
There are many distinct differences between buying and leasing, regardless if such a transaction or agreement applies to property, machinery, equipment or other assets.
The difference lies in that a lease is conceptually very similar to the principle of “borrowing.” The ownership of the leased property (be it land, equipment, merchandise, or etc.) is not transferred under the terms of the lease agreement.