Stanley Inc. must purchase $10,000,000 worth of service equipment and is weighing the merits of leasing the equipment or purchasing. The company has a zero tax rate due to tax loss carry-forwards, and is considering a 10-year, bank loan to finance the equipment.
The loan has an interest rate of 8% and would be amotized over 10 years, with 10 end-of-year payments. Stanley can also lease the equipment for 10 end-of-year payments of $1,570,000 each.
How much larger or smaller is the bank loan payment than the lease payment?