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If a lease is treated as a finance lease, as compared to being treated as an operating lease, the effect on the lessee's current ratio and the debt/equity ratio will be an:

Current Ratio

Debt/Equity Ratio

A) Increase Increase

B) Decrease Increase

C) Increase Decrease

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With finance leases the lessee's assets, current liabilities, and long-term liabilities will be greater than if the lease was an operating lease. With the debt to equity ratio, the liability is in the numerator, which results in an increase in the ratio. With the current ratio, current liabilities are increased and are in the denominator which results in a decrease in the ratio.

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On the lessee's cash flow statement, the principal portion of a finance lease payment is a:

A) operating cash flow.

B) financing cash flow.

C) investing cash flow.

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The principal portion of a finance lease payment is a financing cash outflow for the lessee. The interest portion is an operating cash outflow.

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Under an operating lease (versus a finance lease) which of the following is higher for the lessee?

A) Cash flow from financing.

B) Cash flow from operations.

C) Assets.

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The lessee's cash flows from financing will be higher for an operating lease because the payments made for an operating lease are operating cash outflows, not financing cash outflows. The payments made under a finance lease are split between interest paid and principal. The latter is charged to cash flow from financing.

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Under a finance lease (versus an operating lease) which of the lessee's financial ratios will be higher?

A) Asset turnover.

B) Debt/equity.

C) Return on equity.

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The debt/equity ratio will be higher because the finance lease requires the creation of a long-term liability on the balance sheet.

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Compared to an operating lease, a lessee using a finance lease is least likely to have:

A) higher cash flow from financing during the lease period.

B) a lower current ratio.

C) lower net income in the earlier years of the lease.

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Since a portion of the lease payment is treated as repayment of principal under a finance lease, cash flow from financing will be lower.

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Classifying a lease as an operating lease for a lessee, as opposed to a finance lease, will result in:

Current Ratio

Debt/Equity Ratio

Asset Turnover Ratio

A) Higher Lower Lower

B) Higher Lower Higher

C) Lower Lower Higher

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For a lessee using operating leases, the current ratio will be higher, the debt/equity ratio will be lower, and the asset turnover will be higher than they would be with finance leases. With operating leases, assets and liabilities are lower.

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An analyst compares two companies that are identical except that Company X uses finance leases and Company Y uses operating leases. The analyst would expect Company X’s debt-to-equity ratio, relative to Company Y’s, to be:

A) lower.

B) the same.

C) higher.

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Lease capitalization adds both current and noncurrent liabilities to debt, resulting in a corresponding increase in the debt-to-equity and other leverage ratios. Thus, Company X’s (Debt + Lease)/Equity is greater than Company Y’s Debt/Equity.